This just started happening after I removed an ftp site from my network
places. Using the search companion to search shared drives on the network
always went smoothly before but now as soon as Search is clicked and the next
pane appears the pane freezes for about 5-10 seconds before any activity can
be seen except for the hour glass. A program not responding error occurs if I
Stop is clicked or the X close window is clicked. It still works fine for
local searches.

I tried putting ftp site back into My Network Places but that didn't help.

OS: XP Pro w/SP2
IE version 7
Any other info you request I'll give up to a point. :)