"Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host has stopped working"

 

I recently started using Windows 7 (formerly on Windows XP). Above is an error message I have been getting dozens of times a day. It doesn't appear to interfere with anything I am doing, but it is a nuisance. Any suggestions about what is going on and what can I do about it?

Looking quickly at the following link, here's a solution that might work. Try it out and get back if it doesn't.

 

I kept getting a message saying Search had stopped working. Outlook 2007 performance was so bad that it was unusable. I cliked on the all programs, Administrative Tools, Services. Scroll to Windows Search and right click. Select properties, in the general tab, select Startup type "Disabled" and stop the service if it's running. Everything works fine including Outlook. The only issue is that if I search for a message in Outlook or use the Vista search service it says that the search may be slow because the search service is not running. I hope this works for you

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsdesktopsearchhelp/thread/53f6e6e0-89f0-47d8-a812-3a7d7c7e4c63

"Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host has stopped working"

 

I recently started using Windows 7 (formerly on Windows XP). Above is an error message I have been getting dozens of times a day. It doesn't appear to interfere with anything I am doing, but it is a nuisance. Any suggestions about what is going on and what can I do about it?

 

read up on what the protocol is, if you dont need it stop it in the services tab of msconfig