Yes 20 minutes is an unusually long time. It has taken mine 3-4 minutes. As stated this Win 7 SP1 is stable and adds some security.
You may try restore in Safe Mode, or boot into Repair options and do a Repair Install.
Also check in Admin Tools>Services and make sure Windows search is running and set for auto start.
I logged onto my Guest account and the search function is working as normal. Is there any significance to this?
Hi sloth1. Is your start menu normal otherwise, i.e., it shows recent programs, user files, etc.?
Yes, everything seems to look normal
Thanks for the screenshot. The fact that it runs in another user account may mean that your windows search database has become corrupted. I recommend you read the entire thread, but this link is to a permalinked post that will show you how to delete the windows.edb file, which may correct your problem:
Indexing failure
Also, have you changed any user files locations, including program data locations?
Thanks, James.
Before I attempt this, I wanted to create a restore point just in case. However, I don't even see the option to do so, anymore...
Ugh...problem after problem. Do you have any idea why I can't create one?
Wise decision, but that's the restore window. You want to create a restore point, not restore one:
System Restore Point - Create
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