Search not in date order

[Guest]

When I do a search for a particular subject, the results always come back in
random order of date, so it's hard to find the original post. Is there some
way to get the results in chronological order?

Bobbi

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

When I do a search for a particular subject, the results always come
back in random order of date, so it's hard to find the original post.
Is there some way to get the results in chronological order?

When you search for what kind of a thing? Where? Using what search tool?

 

[Bob I]

Depends entirely on where and what you are searching.

 

[Bobbi]

Hi, Ken-

Sorry for not being more specific. I was using the Tech Net website.for Win
XP general discussion. I posted a question, and the discussion went on for a
few days. Of course, there are lots of pages for each day, so I used the
search box on the web page and put in my subject. It would come back with a
list of posts and replies (not all of them relevant), but they're always in
random order of date, some a year old, so it's hard to find my particular
post and its replies. What can I do to get the search results in
chronological order?

Bobbi

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi, Ken-

Sorry for not being more specific. I was using the Tech Net
website.for Win XP general discussion. I posted a question, and the
discussion went on for a few days. Of course, there are lots of pages
for each day, so I used the search box on the web page and put in my
subject. It would come back with a list of posts and replies (not all
of them relevant), but they're always in random order of date, some a
year old, so it's hard to find my particular post and its replies.
What can I do to get the search results in chronological order?

Try Googlegroups instead. I think it's the best search tool for newsgroup
postings.

 

[HeyBub]

Hi, Ken-

Sorry for not being more specific. I was using the Tech Net
website.for Win XP general discussion. I posted a question, and the
discussion went on for a few days. Of course, there are lots of pages
for each day, so I used the search box on the web page and put in my
subject. It would come back with a list of posts and replies (not all
of them relevant), but they're always in random order of date, some a
year old, so it's hard to find my particular post and its replies.
What can I do to get the search results in chronological order?

I don't know. Almost everyone here uses a newsreader to read newsgroups, not
web-based thingys.