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  1. Windows 7 Some useful information about Windows 7 search.

    Here is some info about how to use Windows Search that I thought was interesting.http://www.howtogeek.com/73065/learn-the-advanced-search-operators-in-windows-7/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=060911It doesn't explain why it will sometimes not find something that I'm staring...
  2. Windows 7 Ping 114: Fast Async, Kinect Fusion, IE beats malware, Bing most effective

    Year after year, week after week- Ping delivers you the hottest Microsoft stories. Fast Async Kinect Fusion Link Removed Bing: best in search effectiveness Link Removed Link Removed
  3. Teacher Used School’s Computer To Search For Braless Miley Cyrus Photo

    A Michigan teacher caught with pornography on his school-issued laptop allegedly used the machine to search for a braless photo of Miley Cyrus, according to an Link Removed - Invalid URL. Read Full Story: Teacher Used School
  4. Introducing Sphinx Search

    "Sphinx is the system that very high traffic sites use to handle searching (it can handle millions of searches per day across billions of documents) without any problems. Sites like Craigslist, Slashdot and WordPress all use Sphinx for their search. Offloading searches from your database...
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    Windows 7 Issues with Windows 7 Search Indexing for Outlook Emails: Discrepancies in Results

    I am having a problem with Windows 7 search when searching for emails: 1)When searching for an outlook email in the "instant search" bar in Outlook, the results are as expected (many results are displayed for the search term) 2) However, when searching from a search box using the exact same...
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    Windows 7 Window explorer top right search not working

    Whenever i type something into the search bar on the top right in window explorer, nothing happens. It usually gives a bunch of files but not all matching files. Please help.
  7. Windows 7 Windows search and special characters like "µ"

    Hello This is my first post but I have been reading the forums for a while already. I am puzzled by how to search for special characters in W7. I have some files that start with the Greek letter µ but I don't seem to find a way to make WS recognize characters like these for searches. When I...
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    Windows 7 I need help with two simple issues, please.

    1. I have a page that I made with links to the places I go to on a daily basis and I use it as my homepage. I would like to find out how to create a clickable link on that page for a specific Google search? Example: bacteria filetype: pdf site:gov (had to put a space before pdf. Forum...
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    End of June Updates

    We continue to improve upon our current services, especially regarding vBulletin 4 beta. Several changes have been introduced in the latter part of this month, they're listed below. This month's biggest announcement of course it the new Apture search add-in that runs along side the site. A...
  10. Introducing Apture Search: Enhanced Text Search Feature for Our Forums

    We are pleased to announce that the entire text content of the site is virtually searchable by simply selecting a string of text, hovering over it, and selecting the Learn More button. The search is prioritized as related to Windows7Forums.com and Windows8Forums.com. Further, you will be able to...
  11. Windows 7 Inside the Mango Developer Tools: Search

    Join Brandon Watson as he interviews the people behind the next release of Windows Phone, Mango. In this installment he chats with Jared Brown- one of the people behind the new search functionality. Link Removed Link Removed
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    Wallet Strings

    I've recently started looking into this, because today I came so close to losing my wallet in the city (if it wasn't for something, I would not have noticed I left it somewhere) and when I googled ways to not let this happen, I've been reading about "wallet chains" but I'm not interested in...
  13. Windows 7 Visual Studio Toolbox: Productivity Power Tools Part 2

    Previously on Visual Studio Toolbox, we started looking at the Productivity Power Tools. In this episode, we explore additional features of this excellent extension. We will see enhancements to the Document Tab Well that make it easier to work with code files, and we'll take a look at both the...
  14. [Rumor] Is Google changing how it displays search results?

    So I was doing some searching on Google. Typically when I run a Google search, I get results displayed like so: Aside from the lack of ads (yes, I block ads now) there is nothing special about the search results page: It is the standard search results page I have been seeing since...
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    Windows 7 Limited connectivity After Malware attack

    Hi there, I know there are few Limited connectivity threads but ive checked them, non of them have the answer im looking for so ill just tell you the story. I accidentily downloaded a malware/adware program called Antimalware Doctor, i tried going into safe mode and using multiple programs...
  16. All BlackBerry devices to integrate Microsoft's Bing for search and maps into OS

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance on stage this morning at BlackBerry World 2011 to announce Bing will become the default search and map provider in all upcoming BlackBerry devices. The recently released BlackBerry Playbook, for example, already ships with the Bing Map...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 search isn't working properly??

    I've made sure that the file typoe that I'm searching is included in the searches, I've indexed search on my computer to make sure everything is inluded but it's still not finding what I'm looking for. I'm searching for an image file(.png) that I know is on my computer(and I have several of...
  18. A trivia game where it's OK to Google

    "A Google A Day," was rolled out by the search-engine giant on Monday. The daily quiz offers up a single question that's supposed to be hard enough that typing a quick set of words into a search query box won't find the solution. Answers to these questions will be posted the next day on the...