Hi,
I get really frustrated with the search engine.
I posted a question about firewall, but now i'm not sure what is the problem. The only thing i can say for sure is that the search is not working more time than it is working.
I don't have problems downloading the configuration.
Please help.
I have vista and NOD32 antivirus.
I have tried reseting the router, modem, disabling firewall, antivirus.
Motti
Search and firewall
I read your other post where you mention Vista's firewall. Any version of the built in Windows firewall is pretty much limited in what you can do to configure it.
However, you say that search works sometimes but not others. Since you run Vista, do you have UAC on or off? Do you run UE as administrator? To rule out UAC interfering, you can try turning off UAC temporarily.
A firewall is most likely to cause a problem like this but the Windows one would just let UE perform a search without putting up any kind of a fight. Whenever you see this happen where you can't search, try pinging the two IP addresses above and do a traceroute while you're at it.
For now I would suggest turning off UAC, rebooting and seeing if the problem still occurs after that.
However, you say that search works sometimes but not others. Since you run Vista, do you have UAC on or off? Do you run UE as administrator? To rule out UAC interfering, you can try turning off UAC temporarily.
A firewall is most likely to cause a problem like this but the Windows one would just let UE perform a search without putting up any kind of a fight. Whenever you see this happen where you can't search, try pinging the two IP addresses above and do a traceroute while you're at it.
For now I would suggest turning off UAC, rebooting and seeing if the problem still occurs after that.