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"Celegans" <Celegans@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How is it being unreasonable to expect Windows Explorer in Vista Ultimate
> to search as well as Windows Explorer in Windows 95?
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> An example: I was looking for some old Delphi code examples for how to
> work with the clipboard programmatically.
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> I searched my old directory of Delphi code fragments (*.pas files) for the
> string "clipboard". Windows Explorer in Vista Ultimate search returns
> ZERO hits.
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> Searching the same directory and files over a virtual network using
> Windows Explorer for Windows 2000 returns 26 hits. These 26 hits are
> likely a good starting place in figuring out the code I now need to write.
> With Vista I'm still scratching my head.
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> When will Microsoft listen and fix the flaw in Vista's search? I have
> been looking for a Windows Vista search solution since July 2007.
> Microsoft refused to fix the flawed Vista search Vista SP1.
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> A request for help via an MSDN "Technical Support Incident" goes nowhere
> since Microsoft has no current solution.
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> Microsoft refuses to permit downgrades from Vista Ultimate to Windows XP
> Pro to get a search that still works. A Microsoft operator at
> 425-882-8080 gave me the E-mail address of Rich Kaplan for dispute
> resolution when I was denied permission to downgrade from Vista Ultimate
> to XP Pro. Even an appeal to the Microsoft's VP Rich Kaplan
> (vpesc@xxxxxx), North America Customer Service Escalation Team,
> fell on deaf ears. Microsoft simply doesn't care about search problems in
> Vista.
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> Microsoft's "Advanced search techniques" blog gives a number of examples
> of the failures of Vista's search, but no solution from Microsoft:
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> http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...echniques.aspx.
> Apparently, new postings showing additional failures of Vista's search on
> this blog are no longer welcome.
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> Microsoft Vista search: "not good enough for programmers, scientists, or
> engineers."
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> From National Instruments:
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> http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5604#toc4
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> "A critical aspect of any scientific and engineering application is saving
> data to disk. The most well-conceived applications are ineffective if you
> cannot quickly locate and interpret acquired data later for meaningful
> information. . . . The new Windows Vista operating system provides vastly
> improved search tools to help you locate and organize such files; however,
> engineers and scientists often have additional needs with regard to
> accessing stored data that Windows Vista search may not be able to
> satisfy."
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> Why would any person, corporation or government group buy Vista if old
> files - or even new files -- cannot be found via Vista's search now?
> While Vista's new search is fast, it doesn't search all the files.
> Microsoft decides which of your files you don't get to find. My guess is
> I cannot find 15-20% of my old files, or even new ones I create, using
> Vista's search.
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> What does it take to get Microsoft to listen and fix this problem?
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> C.E.
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