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Win 7 Search Function
I just upgraded from Win XP Pro to Win 7 and in my opinion, the Win 7 search function is significantly deficient to the point I am very close to going back to XP just for the Search function that I use daily in my work.
In XP, I could do the following that I cannot do in Win 7 unless I have misread all the explanations on this site:
1. Whether the file was created, modified or last accessed.
2. Date range (very important for me), e.g. between 17 Dec 2008 and 10 February 2009.
3. Size - when not sure, I could do an at least or at most filter. Win 7 forces you to pick a size range.
4. I used to be able to Search base on text within File - very important; can't do that anymore as well.
5. A Date search like Yahoo Mail would also be great because you also have the option of stating 'before' or 'after' a certain date that Windows never had.
I also hate that it starts searching and producing results before I even finish putting in data or filters, total waste of electricity and CPU power.
I might also not that Win 7 is so slow compared to XP to be reidiculous, even just now when I switch my wireless mouse/keyboard from my XP computer to my Win7 computer, XP recognizes the device immediately, Win 7 has to go thru the entire loading of drivers again taking 15 times as long as XP by my timing.
Hope you come out with a fix for Win 7 Seach quickly otherwise I am going back to XP.
Very disappointed in Win 7, seems you just changed everything just for the sake of changing stuff. Things that worked fine before you have tweaked to the point of ridiculoousness. IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T CHANGE IT.