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Sure is
Yes, you can click "Start" and enter a word or string of words into the search box and it will find all documents on the harddrive containing that word or string of words. You need to be careful and not enter a single, common word such as "at" or "from", etc. because you will have an unmanagable number of "hits". Enter a string of words or phrase to search for your item if possible.
Yes, you can click "Start" and enter a word or string of words into the search box and it will find all documents on the harddrive containing that word or string of words. You need to be careful and not enter a single, common word such as "at" or "from", etc. because you will have an unmanagable number of "hits". Enter a string of words or phrase to search for your item if possible.
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Check this method
I found Windows 7 almost equally unsatisfactory as Vista and I do not currently have it installed on any of my computers, so I cannot check this. Can you not simply enter <*nvidia*.inf> and find all instances of the word "nvidia"? Search may not work for hidden or system files though, so this may not work.
I found Windows 7 almost equally unsatisfactory as Vista and I do not currently have it installed on any of my computers, so I cannot check this. Can you not simply enter <*nvidia*.inf> and find all instances of the word "nvidia"? Search may not work for hidden or system files though, so this may not work.
MMatheny
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Well, in XP you pressed F3, then entered a file mask, such as *.inf, then entered the text you wanted to search for in that file subset, such as nvidia. I cannot find ANY way to accomplish this in W7 - as much as I love W7, the search functionality absolutely sucks.
zirkoni
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F3 does the trick. Just open the start menu and press F3 or press F3 on desktop.
Type *.inf AND nvidia. If you are not searching indexed locations it will not search content. You must change the default in folder options, Search Tab to always include contents. You can also wait until it the end of the seacrh and press the contents button.