Search_Glow?

Question

when I try to open some pictures and web sites my pc freezes and I get the message Search _Glow come up on the Task Manager. How can I get rid of this and stop it from happening?

Answer 1

Search_Glow is part of the UI (user interface) for the Windows Live Toolbar. IF you have the Windows Live Toolbar installed in your Internet Explorer 7 or 8, you will have a Search_Glow java function.

As is the usual case, Microsoft fails to address this issue that is causing many IE browsers to freeze or crash. Just one of many unaddressed issues by the world leading team of incompetence.

i found this remedy - i am simply copying it for you so i personally do not know if it is correct!
The following instructions apply to Internet Explorer 7. Close all applications and all open brower pages--close everything. Go to START/Accessories/System Tools/Internet Explorer (No Add-ons) to assess the status of IE. Once this assessment completes, open a browser page and go to a website to see if the page loads more quickly than before. If it still moves slowly, close down all open windows--everything. What you will do next is reset your browser to factory default settings. That means you will take your computer to where it was before you installed add-ons, leaving you with what you had at the outset of having installed IE7. Go to START/Control Panel/Internet Options/Advanced (tab at top right of page)/Reset (bottom right of page)/OK/Reset--I had to perform Reset twice before it worked for me on both my computers. Again, the latter action described above will reset your browser to factory default settings. Hitting Reset will open a page which lists the resets being performed as they are occurring. Once the reset is complete, again, open a browser page and type in a website to see if the browser takes you to your site more quickly. Finally, you will be taken to a page that asks you to set your default browser page. Make your browser page Live.