search issues

Is all of the recent down time part of an intentional upgrade? I've noticed the last week or so access is pretty unpredictable. I also know a lot of sites had problems with java exploits about a week and a half ago and were forced to upgrade unexpectedly. This morning I noticed that search is...

I'm hoping someone can demystify my issue here. Scenario: - I have a file server running on Windows XP Pro we'll call it XPServer - I have two windows 7 Pro PC's, that we'll call 7Office and 7HTPC. It took me a bit to figure it out, but the windows 7 help file told me in order to call a shared...

I have Windows 7 Home Premium Version. I am fairly certain that this version comes with Windows Media Center. However I absolutely can not find it. It isn't listed under All Programs and searching for it returns no results. I really don't have a clue what's going on. Perhaps someone here can...

How does one search within a folder for files that include a "[" in their filename? For instance, when I want to search for all files that have "[a" in the filename, Windows 7 search ignores the bracket and instead returns all filenames that contain a word that begins with "A" instead. This has...

How can I get my old XP File search program back? I really dislike this new version of searching files in Windows 7. In XP it was so easy Click Start - Search - File and Folders. Now it Click on Windows Explorer - click on Computers - click in the search windows type in your search. I'm still...

My instant search into the start menu is not showing the results. As you can see in the print screens 1st Im going to show that I have TeamViewer into the start menu... Link Removed due to 404 Error Now Lets search for it: Link Removed due to 404 Error We got nothing... What about search...

Hi Windows 7 RC1 Outlook 2007 SP1 using Exchange 2007 Windows Search Fully Patched System In Outlook using cached mode I'm having issues searching my e-mail. It seems to have issues indexing my latest emails. When I go to Tools | Instant Search | Indexing Status, it says I still have 2888...

Hi I've been testing Windows Search and selected my external drive for indexing in 'Indexing Options', but none of the mp3's/jpg's on the drive have been found (although there are many thousand). Windows Search has found all my Outlook emails and finds all the mp3's from searching within...

hey guys.. b4 i was using build 7022 everything seemed fine.. now i freshly installed build 7100 and when i click Start and there is the search box i type somethign in there.. It cant Find anything? i would type Notepad.. nothign will come up why is that? before i use to use 32 bit now i...

Hello, I've got a problem with the Windows 7 Start menu Search function. When I try to search something with the start menu, the results aren't shown, but instead of that the category separators ("Programs", "Documents", ...) are shown as icons ! Here is a screenshot, when I'm searching for...

I have an extended family members laptop to fix...lucky me. It's a HP pavilion dv5000 with windows xp pro. It has got some serious bugs. My problem is that I cant download any thing because IE 7 is some what dorked up. They have google set as home page. I can access the net and home page comes...

I am Dual booting Windows 7 and XP. When I am on Windows 7 there are various folders I can't see. I do a search for them and it returns nothing. Anyone know why it is being like this?

Hi guys -- when something's not broken why fix it as the Engineers say -- I haven't yet been able to get the Library management / search facility to work properly. It might be OK if you just want to look for documents / pictures etc but I'm always "Hot swapping" discs (often quite large one's -...

in vista, i was able to type a key phrase i knew existed in a document somewhere in the folder, and search would find that document. now when i search, it only seems to find documents named something. if i turn on "Always search file names and contents", it still does not find the documents...

recently i have had the problem of not being able to find and run programs that i download (except windows updates). i will save a program to a folder, then go to that folder and the program isnt there ar anywhere else. i have vista home basic.

I am new to Vista and am having trouble with some of the differences. For now, I can not find a program I use in the All Program List. What am I doing wrong. I know it is there because search found it. I have opened all the folders in All Programs as well and still can not find it. Thanks for...