all search features work fine, google, bing, internal os search too, just configure the search parameters correctly, tell it where to search, use wild cards if needed, that kind of stuff. i have found that i can search much better than i could with xp, just took some getting used to. Here is the how to: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Find-a-file-or-folder need to index: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/...es-using-the-index-frequently-asked-questions