Resetting the query_posts for a search

Hey everyone! I really need some help, as I’m complete stumped on how to solve my little problem… ??

I’m building a CMS powered by WP – you can see it here – https://www.sheqafrica.com. The structure of the site’s template looks like this:

<!– START HEADER –>

1. Use query_posts() to call the latest featured article from a specific category

2. Use another query_posts() to call the latest blog posts from another category

<!– END HEADER –>

<!– LEFT SIDEBAR –>

<!– MAIN CONTENT –>

Again, I’m using query_posts() to call just the page specific posts or page content

<!– END MAIN CONTENT –>

<!– RIGHT SIDEBAR —>

So this is my problem:

Everything works fine on all the content pages(index.php, single.php, page.php and archive.php), except for the search.php page. I’ve experienced this problem before, when using query_posts() and then I would just remove it from the search.php page. Problem is, I can’t remove the two query_posts() in the header, since that’s the ONLY way of pulling content there.

So how do I solve this problem? I haven’t found any info regarding possibly resetting the query_posts() that starts just before the search results’ loop… Any ideas?

I would appreciate any help greatly!

Cheers

Adii