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search function malfunction

Jul 24, 2010 8:05PM PDT

In vista, I am looking a word in a document somewhere on my computer. When I type the word in the search field at the start bar, i would have expected the relevant file to pop up. Instead i get a "No items match your search" message. Ideas welcome..

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Windows Search is not trustworthy.
Jul 24, 2010 11:30PM PDT

While folk could expend considerable time and effort to fix Windows Search I found that I get better results by using anything else.
Bob

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tks
Jul 25, 2010 12:07AM PDT

thanks but i have no idea what the other solutions are. please advise

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Too many choices.
Jul 25, 2010 12:12AM PDT

That's the problem. I can't tell if you would like Google Desktop or Microsoft's Search 4.0