XP search = not so good
Posted:
Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:08 pmby teststrips
I really don't like winxp's search program... i find it very annoying to use. I downloaded a 3rd party utility called ava find, but it keeps bugging me to upgrade to the pro version.
does anyone want to recommend another program to try?
Posted:
Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:09 amby teststrips
with the XP search, you have that little dog as an assistant, you MUST choose "pictures, music, video" "documents, (word processing, spreadsheet, etc)" "all files and folders" or "computers or people"
I just want a very fast, quick way to find a file that I need... such as a faulty .dll or something.
Did you like any of those programs?
Posted:
Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:25 amby brad
teststrips... I don't have any problems with WinXp's search engine. Have you tried clicking on "Change preferences" while in "Search"? You can get rid of the animated character and pretty much get to a "Classic" view.
brad
Posted:
Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:06 pmby brad
Do you have Indexing turned off? That really speeds the searching.
brad