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Windows 7: Am I missing something or is windows 7 search Awfull?
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14 Feb 2011
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Am I missing something or is windows 7 search Awfull?
I know I have post this before, but I can't believe that this is truly the windows search. I must be doing something wrong?
This is a daily experience. I am in Windows Explorer, and a search for a file I know is maybe one subfolder below my current and it finds nothing. Sometimes I have several copies and it finds nothing. I've had it re-index or whatever and still no go. someone recommended Everything. This search program works flawlessly. What is up with windows search? Way back when I could search using wildcards and find exactly what I wanted it seems Vista's search was bad and 7 doesn't have one.
It has to be me. Where am I messing up?
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Sager/Midern
OS Win 7 professional 64
CPU i7 820
Memory 4gb
Graphics Card nVidia GTX285m
Monitor(s) Displays 17.3"
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14 Feb 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1 |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2400 MHz
Motherboard INTEL/D975XBX2
Memory 4 GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 914v
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
PSU Rocketfish 700 W
Case G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
Hard Drives 2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device.
One is not connected
Internet Speed DSL
Antivirus Avira Internet Security
Browser IE 9
Other Info ATI HDMI Audio
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14 Feb 2011
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#3 | |
Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Those who use Windows Search will probably tell you that you haven't taken the time to learn the proper syntax.
It's up to you to decide whether to learn the proper syntax or just use another program such as Everything. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit
CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked
Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX
Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333
Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 800 x 640
Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB
Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2
PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular
Case Antec Solo II
Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500
Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB
Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load
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14 Feb 2011
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Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 Westminster, Colorado |
Quote: Originally Posted by CalypsoArt  I know I have post this before, but I can't believe that this is truly the windows search. I must be doing something wrong?
This is a daily experience. I am in Windows Explorer, and a search for a file I know is maybe one subfolder below my current and it finds nothing. Sometimes I have several copies and it finds nothing. I've had it re-index or whatever and still no go. someone recommended Everything. This search program works flawlessly. What is up with windows search? Way back when I could search using wildcards and find exactly what I wanted it seems Vista's search was bad and 7 doesn't have one.
It has to be me. Where am I messing up? I agree.
Unless you know exactly what syntax will get you results. The use of wildcards does work. Use one of those third-party tools suggested above | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ATX Custom Build 2012
OS Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz
Motherboard Intel DH67CL desktop ATX
Memory 10 GB DDR3
Graphics Card Asus EAH5450 series (Radeon)
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 226BW, Samsung Syncmaster P2450H
Screen Resolution 226BW: 1680 x 1050 & P2450H: 1920 x 1080
Keyboard HP Wireless Elite Keyboard Wireless Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Touch
PSU Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 500W
Case Thermaltake V3 Black Edition
Cooling stock cooling with added intake fan
Hard Drives Western Digital 320 GB sata (boot), Samsung 640 GB sata, Seagate 2 TB sata (data)
Internet Speed Comcast Cable business class <=18Mb {averages 12Mb}
Other Info Optical drives: LG SuperMulti Blue, HP DVD 1260T
Other: Kensington Bluetooth Receiver
Network: Buffalo Wireless N USB, DLink N router/DLink Ethernet Switch/DLink Xtreme N wireless bridge
Printer: HP Photosmart Plus, HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus
PCs: HP dv6-3040us (7 x64 SP1), HP DM4-2165dx (7 x64 SP1), HP Pavilion zv6130us (7 x86), Apple Macbook Air (Lion)
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14 Feb 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Might check out some of the tutorials on it. May give you some better outcomes. Windows Search - Configure and Use Search - Have More Accurate Search Results | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler
Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus None
Browser Firefox Nightly
Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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15 Feb 2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by merkat106
Quote: Originally Posted by CalypsoArt I know I have post this before, but I can't believe that this is truly the windows search. I must be doing something wrong?
This is a daily experience. I am in Windows Explorer, and a search for a file I know is maybe one subfolder below my current and it finds nothing. Sometimes I have several copies and it finds nothing. I've had it re-index or whatever and still no go. someone recommended Everything. This search program works flawlessly. What is up with windows search? Way back when I could search using wildcards and find exactly what I wanted it seems Vista's search was bad and 7 doesn't have one.
It has to be me. Where am I messing up? I agree.
Unless you know exactly what syntax will get you results. The use of wildcards does work. Use one of those third-party tools suggested above But it's not just the use of wildcards. Just general search. Today I typed Logo. I have so many files named logo, or with logo in them. In XP it would have returned them all. In 7 I get NOTHING. With Everything, I get everything. Seriously! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Sager/Midern
OS Win 7 professional 64
CPU i7 820
Memory 4gb
Graphics Card nVidia GTX285m
Monitor(s) Displays 17.3"
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15 Feb 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 Hampton VA |
Check out the links Airbot posted and see if they help.
Let us know. Thanks. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by me
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i7-950 (3.06GHz) OC to 3.8GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 rev 1, F6 Bios
Memory 12 gig Corsair DDR3 Dominator GT Memory (3X 4GB)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD6950 2gig (Sapphire)
Sound Card X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro
Monitor(s) Displays HP ZR22w 22" LCD Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech Wireless Wave
Mouse Logitech Performance MX
PSU Antec Signature - SG-850
Case Cooler Master HAF X
Cooling Noctua NH-C12P SE14
Hard Drives Primary - OCZ Vertex 4 SSD (256GB). Storage - OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (120GB) & 2TB WD Caviar Black.
Internet Speed High Speed Cable
Other Info Memory Timings - 1600MHz @ 8-8-8-20-1T @ 1.640 volts
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15 Feb 2011
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My experience is that Windows 7 search just looks into the index by default. Therefore typing your query into the search box in the start menu might actually return no results - if the folders containing the files in question are not indexed. However, it then gives you a chance to search for more results and look exactly where you want to look. At this point I think the old algorithm kicks in and it slowly finds what you need. So it takes a bit to get used to. I would read the tutorials that Airbot suggested, try it our and see if this Windows search satisfies you. If not, there are always third-party solutions. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 530
OS Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
CPU Q6600
Memory 8 GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster P2450
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Hard Drives Samsung HD103UJ
Samsung HD501LJ
Internet Speed 25 Mb/s
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15 Feb 2011
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Can't stand Windows search either, which is why I've used the Everything search engine for a few years. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Colonel Travis 5000
OS Black Label 7 x64
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1055t
Motherboard GA-890FXA-UD5
Memory 8GB Corsair XMS3
Graphics Card Radeon HD 6790
Sound Card X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro
Monitor(s) Displays Acer AJ15
Screen Resolution 1600x900
PSU OCZ ModXStream 700W
Cooling 50 billion case fans
Hard Drives OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB |
Corsair Force GT SSD 120 GB |
Barracuda 7200 SATA 300GB |
WD Caviar Green SATA 500GB
Internet Speed 35Mbps/35Mbps
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15 Feb 2011
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Win7U 64 RTM Ellesmere Island |
One factor that may be an issue is this:
even if you have the locations in question selected for Indexing, a change of permissions can throw a wrench in the works. For example, if you've changed permissions on a folder so that only you (user x) can access or change the files (meaning that no other permissions are listed), it will not index. You must add 'System' back to permissions so that the folder may be indexed.
There is no notification that search will 'break' under these circumstances, but firsthand experience verifies it here. This may not be your problem, but worth checking.
James | | My System Specs | | OS Win7U 64 RTM
CPU Q9550
Motherboard GA-EP45-UD3R
Memory 8GB Gskill
Graphics Card ASUS|EAH4850/HTDI/1GD3/A
Sound Card xfi Plat
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2405fpw
Screen Resolution 1920x1200
Keyboard MS Natural Ergonomic 4000
Mouse Logitech MX610 USB Cordless
PSU Antec
Case Antec
Hard Drives Seagate & WD sata Drives
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