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You can do this to try and get to where you can run msconfig:
Right click on the Taskbar and click Properties.
Click on the Start Menu tab and click on Customize.
Scroll to the Run command and select (check) it.
You can then select Run... from the Start menu, type in msconfig and press Enter.
Here is a tutorial by Brink for this:
Run Command - Add or Remove from Start Menu
Screen prints of what you should see:
@gregrocker
What do you think of the OP creating a new User account and see if search works with that account ?
With the "Permission error" maybe something is corrupt in the current account ?
Or, it's a permissions/security setting causing the problem ?