Microsoft KB Archive/289188

= Explorer.exe Generates Errors During Search on Remote Computer That Has No Shared Folders =

Article ID: 289188

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q289188



SYMPTOMS
When you perform a search of a Windows 2000-based computer that does not have any shared folders, working across a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN), the desktop of the Windows 2000-based computer where you are working may stop responding. The following error message appears:

Program Error

explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created.

After you click OK, the computer restarts, and then the following event appears in the Application log of Event Viewer:

Date: date

Time: time

Type: Information

User: user

Computer: computer name

Source: Winlogon

Category: None

Event ID: 1002



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix kbnetwork KB289188

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