Start > Search Sucks: Microsoft's Sh!t For Brains Employees

[clintonG]

The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
functions in this regard.

Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise in
futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid by
Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so sh!t for
brains closed the issue to all further comment.

Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay Microsoft $35
an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
feedback center!

Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Q. "Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?"

A. No.

Using the "A word or phrase in the file" search criterion may not work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173/EN-US/

HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302347

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
| SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
| developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
| functions in this regard.
|
| Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
| Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise in
| futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid by
| Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
| could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so sh!t for
| brains closed the issue to all further comment.
|
| Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay Microsoft $35
| an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
| feedback center!
|
| Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
| "Containing Text" when using XP Pro?
|
| --
| <%= Clinton Gallagher
| METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
| NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
| URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/
|
| [1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx
|
|

 

[Vagabond Software]

The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
functions in this regard.

Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise in
futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid by
Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so sh!t for
brains closed the issue to all further comment.

Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay Microsoft $35
an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
feedback center!

Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?

--

It works fine on my Windows XP Professional SP2 system:
http://home.san.rr.com/vagabondia/images/tmp/search.gif

carl

 

[Malke]

Q. "Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and
Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?"

A. No.

Using the "A word or phrase in the file" search criterion may not work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173/EN-US/

HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302347

Actually, the Search function in XP sucks. Get the free and excellent
search tool Agent Ransack from Mythicsoft:
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/pageloader.aspx?page=home

It is amazing how good it is.

Malke

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

I am surprised they were not more helpful after seeing how polite you are.

 

[Linda B]

Come on, seriously. It will never cease to amaze me that the largest
software company in the world doesn't have a better support system. Over
the years these forums have been far and away the best support I can get
from MS, and they're not even *run* by MS. There are, of course, helpful
articles in the KB, but any time you need more involved tech support you've
got to pay THIRTY FIVE bucks an hour to get it? What kind of crap is that?

Of course, on the other hand, I'm not sure how productive any post that says
"sh!t for brains" in the subject is going to be, but I can understand
frustration with MS's "tech support."

-- LB

I am surprised they were not more helpful after seeing how polite you are.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
functions in this regard.

Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise
in
futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid by
Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so sh!t
for
brains closed the issue to all further comment.

Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay Microsoft
$35
an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
feedback center!

Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Linda;
My point was if the OP demonstrated the same courtesy to Microsoft as was
shown here, the results are not surprising.

Also these newsgroups are "*run* by MS".
They are modified and controlled by Microsoft on Microsoft servers.
However Microsoft employees do not officially monitor these groups.
But Microsoft employees are occasionally seen here on their own time.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

Come on, seriously. It will never cease to amaze me that the largest
software company in the world doesn't have a better support system. Over
the years these forums have been far and away the best support I can get
from MS, and they're not even *run* by MS. There are, of course, helpful
articles in the KB, but any time you need more involved tech support
you've
got to pay THIRTY FIVE bucks an hour to get it? What kind of crap is
that?

Of course, on the other hand, I'm not sure how productive any post that
says
"sh!t for brains" in the subject is going to be, but I can understand
frustration with MS's "tech support."

-- LB

I am surprised they were not more helpful after seeing how polite you
are.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


message

The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
functions in this regard.

Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise
in
futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid by
Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so
sh!t
for
brains closed the issue to all further comment.

Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay
Microsoft
$35
an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
feedback center!

Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx

 

[clintonG]

No, you don't have a point Jupiter. What you do have is sh!t for brains
yourself. What you do have is nothing more than an assinine assumption that
in my experience is due to the apparent fact that most MVPs are pompous
weasels while the few others that genuinely deserve everything they work for
are unfortunately lumped in by those who do not know how things work yet..

So now you can log in to your private MVP newsgroup and whine about it
because the facts are neither I nor my partner who was the Product Feedback
Center OP nor his brother had anything disrespectful to say to or about
Microsoft staff until we ourselves were shown disrespect. There is a
difference between showing somebody disrespect because they made a dumb
mistake and disrespecting somebody who assumes they deserve it after they
dismiss one's good faith effort to be helpful.

We are in the Microsoft Partners Program and working to help the company be
successful while enjoying the benefits ourselves but we're tired of this
sh!t. Microsoft hires too many good for nothing sh!t for brain weasels to
work the front lines. These little weasels have no sense of responsibility
and show no concern for customers or the company's partners and that's all
there is to it.

Over the last year and a half every time -- every time -- we have attempted
to conduct a matter of business the weasels have f*cked it up, neglected to
do what they said they would do leaving us in the lurch, f*cked up our paper
work, f*cked up our payments and are now dismissing our good faith efforts
with ludicrous remarks suggesting that we should pay $35 an hour to report
what we believed was a bug in Microsoft's software?

Pull your head out of your @ss fool.

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

Linda;
My point was if the OP demonstrated the same courtesy to Microsoft as was
shown here, the results are not surprising.

Also these newsgroups are "*run* by MS".
They are modified and controlled by Microsoft on Microsoft servers.
However Microsoft employees do not officially monitor these groups.
But Microsoft employees are occasionally seen here on their own time.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

Come on, seriously. It will never cease to amaze me that the largest
software company in the world doesn't have a better support system. Over
the years these forums have been far and away the best support I can get
from MS, and they're not even *run* by MS. There are, of course, helpful
articles in the KB, but any time you need more involved tech support
you've
got to pay THIRTY FIVE bucks an hour to get it? What kind of crap is
that?

Of course, on the other hand, I'm not sure how productive any post that
says
"sh!t for brains" in the subject is going to be, but I can understand
frustration with MS's "tech support."

-- LB

I am surprised they were not more helpful after seeing how polite you
are.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


message
The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
functions in this regard.

Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise
in
futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting

paid
by

Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so
sh!t
for
brains closed the issue to all further comment.

Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay
Microsoft
$35
an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
feedback center!

Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx

 

[clintonG]

Thank you for the referral Malke. I'll make some time to evaluate that
application but we need a search tool that can find text inside files as we
are working on software development projects. Can you confirm that
functionality?

<%= Clinton Gallagher

 

[Linda B]

LOL... wow. I'd hate to be in this guy's sights.

In my experience, first-level Microsoft tech support is similar to
first-level tech support from just about any other software company; you
call 1-800-tech-support or whatever and are connected to someone who is only
moderately knowledgeable about the hardware/software in question, and reads
all their answers out of a spiral-bound notebook they have sitting on their
desks in front of them. If the answer to your problem is not to be found in
the notebook, they refer you to tier-2 support. In MS's case, however, you
have to pay $35 an hour to talk to tier-2, which just doesn't make sense to
me. I know they're the biggest software company in the world, and they have
simply WAY too many users to support, and fee-based tech support probably
helps to narrow that number down to only the users who are absolutely
desperate for help. However I would think there would be *some* sort of
middle-of-the-road support that you could get from a knowledgable person
without whipping out your wallet.

I guess that's where the NG's come in -- middle of the road, free support --
it's just that MS has to rely on its huge community of users instead of its
own personnel.

Oh, and Jupiter: that's sort of what I meant by the NGs not being run by
MS -- I know they're hosted on MS servers, and therefore probably controlled
and/or monitored by MS staff, but 99% of the actual problem solving that
goes on here, goes on here at the hands of *users*. I'm just saying.

Your sh!tty little @ss-faced weasel,
LB

No, you don't have a point Jupiter. What you do have is sh!t for brains
yourself. What you do have is nothing more than an assinine assumption that
in my experience is due to the apparent fact that most MVPs are pompous
weasels while the few others that genuinely deserve everything they work for
are unfortunately lumped in by those who do not know how things work yet..

So now you can log in to your private MVP newsgroup and whine about it
because the facts are neither I nor my partner who was the Product Feedback
Center OP nor his brother had anything disrespectful to say to or about
Microsoft staff until we ourselves were shown disrespect. There is a
difference between showing somebody disrespect because they made a dumb
mistake and disrespecting somebody who assumes they deserve it after they
dismiss one's good faith effort to be helpful.

We are in the Microsoft Partners Program and working to help the company be
successful while enjoying the benefits ourselves but we're tired of this
sh!t. Microsoft hires too many good for nothing sh!t for brain weasels to
work the front lines. These little weasels have no sense of responsibility
and show no concern for customers or the company's partners and that's all
there is to it.

Over the last year and a half every time -- every time -- we have attempted
to conduct a matter of business the weasels have f*cked it up, neglected to
do what they said they would do leaving us in the lurch, f*cked up our paper
work, f*cked up our payments and are now dismissing our good faith efforts
with ludicrous remarks suggesting that we should pay $35 an hour to report
what we believed was a bug in Microsoft's software?

Pull your head out of your @ss fool.

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

Linda;
My point was if the OP demonstrated the same courtesy to Microsoft as was
shown here, the results are not surprising.

Also these newsgroups are "*run* by MS".
They are modified and controlled by Microsoft on Microsoft servers.
However Microsoft employees do not officially monitor these groups.
But Microsoft employees are occasionally seen here on their own time.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

Come on, seriously. It will never cease to amaze me that the largest
software company in the world doesn't have a better support system. Over
the years these forums have been far and away the best support I can get
from MS, and they're not even *run* by MS. There are, of course, helpful
articles in the KB, but any time you need more involved tech support
you've
got to pay THIRTY FIVE bucks an hour to get it? What kind of crap is
that?

Of course, on the other hand, I'm not sure how productive any post that
says
"sh!t for brains" in the subject is going to be, but I can understand
frustration with MS's "tech support."

-- LB


I am surprised they were not more helpful after seeing how polite you
are.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


message
The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP
Pro
SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
functions in this regard.

Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an
excercise
in
futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid
by
Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed
he/she
could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so
sh!t
for
brains closed the issue to all further comment.

Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay
Microsoft
$35
an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with
the
feedback center!

Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx

 

[clintonG]

Been there. Tried that.

Read again...

* Three different developers
* Three different machines
* Three different instances of XP, 2 Pro and 1 Home.
* Tested using SP1 AND SP2
* Two developers reported to Product Feedback Center.

One same result: Search is FUBAR and Microsoft staff has sh!t for brains if
they expect anybody to pay the company to report what may be newly
discovered bugs.

What we don't know and are working to establish is the determination of the
status of the indexing service that if disabled after an index has been
created would not allow search to use that previously created index in the
context we have discovered.


<%= Clinton Gallagher

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Your post pretty much proves my point.
You have gone far over for very little in this thread.

If you have a genuine complaint, you already know this is not the proper
forum since these newsgroups are not officially monitored by Microsoft as
the Partner groups are.

If all you want to do is rant and curse, there are better places.
If you have a genuine complaint, you already know there are better places.
Decide which then post accordingly.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

With your lousy attitude, I would charge $500 minimum
to fix YOUR self-induced problem.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[clintonG]

Okay, you made me laugh Linda but note, we did not contact 'support' we
contacted the Product Feedback Center which is set up for partners and
developers to post discoveries and document issues displayed to other
partners and developers who acknowledge their own experience with the issue
by selecting a link to acknowledge they too had experienced the same
problem. When a certain number of responses are collected that raises a flag
for testing by one or more of Microsoft's staff.

What is going on though is the presence of weasels with sh!t for brains --
at least one in this episode -- that has no sense of responsibility and in
this case is whacking feedback not even allowing the methodology to work and
then I repeat, we are insulted and disrespected to the point of being told
we have to pay when volunteering our help? Pofockingleeze. It will be a cold
day in hell.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

LOL... wow. I'd hate to be in this guy's sights.

In my experience, first-level Microsoft tech support is similar to
first-level tech support from just about any other software company; you
call 1-800-tech-support or whatever and are connected to someone who is only
moderately knowledgeable about the hardware/software in question, and reads
all their answers out of a spiral-bound notebook they have sitting on their
desks in front of them. If the answer to your problem is not to be found in
the notebook, they refer you to tier-2 support. In MS's case, however, you
have to pay $35 an hour to talk to tier-2, which just doesn't make sense to
me. I know they're the biggest software company in the world, and they have
simply WAY too many users to support, and fee-based tech support probably
helps to narrow that number down to only the users who are absolutely
desperate for help. However I would think there would be *some* sort of
middle-of-the-road support that you could get from a knowledgable person
without whipping out your wallet.

I guess that's where the NG's come in -- middle of the road, free support --
it's just that MS has to rely on its huge community of users instead of its
own personnel.

Oh, and Jupiter: that's sort of what I meant by the NGs not being run by
MS -- I know they're hosted on MS servers, and therefore probably controlled
and/or monitored by MS staff, but 99% of the actual problem solving that
goes on here, goes on here at the hands of *users*. I'm just saying.

Your sh!tty little @ss-faced weasel,
LB

No, you don't have a point Jupiter. What you do have is sh!t for brains
yourself. What you do have is nothing more than an assinine assumption that
in my experience is due to the apparent fact that most MVPs are pompous
weasels while the few others that genuinely deserve everything they work for
are unfortunately lumped in by those who do not know how things work yet..

So now you can log in to your private MVP newsgroup and whine about it
because the facts are neither I nor my partner who was the Product Feedback
Center OP nor his brother had anything disrespectful to say to or about
Microsoft staff until we ourselves were shown disrespect. There is a
difference between showing somebody disrespect because they made a dumb
mistake and disrespecting somebody who assumes they deserve it after they
dismiss one's good faith effort to be helpful.

We are in the Microsoft Partners Program and working to help the company be
successful while enjoying the benefits ourselves but we're tired of this
sh!t. Microsoft hires too many good for nothing sh!t for brain weasels to
work the front lines. These little weasels have no sense of responsibility
and show no concern for customers or the company's partners and that's all
there is to it.

Over the last year and a half every time -- every time -- we have attempted
to conduct a matter of business the weasels have f*cked it up, neglected to
do what they said they would do leaving us in the lurch, f*cked up our paper
work, f*cked up our payments and are now dismissing our good faith efforts
with ludicrous remarks suggesting that we should pay $35 an hour to report
what we believed was a bug in Microsoft's software?

Pull your head out of your @ss fool.

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

in

XP

Pro
SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
developers on three different machines. We have determined XP

Pro
SP1

functions in this regard.

Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an
excercise
in
futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is

getting
paid

by
Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed
he/she
could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so
sh!t
for
brains closed the issue to all further comment.

Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay
Microsoft
$35
an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with
the
feedback center!

Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx

 

[Vagabond Software]

Q. "Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?"

A. No.

Using the "A word or phrase in the file" search criterion may not work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173/EN-US/

HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302347

--

In all fairness to ClintonG, the search utility does not work for finding "text in files" outside of text, ini, html files, and perhaps Office file formates. There may be others, but I know it doesn't work for code files. I just didn't know anyone still used the MS search function for anything but files or computers.

carl

 

[David Candy]

What don't you get about it working as designed. How many insurance companies assessors search source code, how many grandmothers, how many school teachers? Are you saying search should return totally irrelevent results to these users who want to search spreadsheets.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.uscricket.com

Been there. Tried that.

Read again...

* Three different developers
* Three different machines
* Three different instances of XP, 2 Pro and 1 Home.
* Tested using SP1 AND SP2
* Two developers reported to Product Feedback Center.

One same result: Search is FUBAR and Microsoft staff has sh!t for brains if
they expect anybody to pay the company to report what may be newly
discovered bugs.

What we don't know and are working to establish is the determination of the
status of the indexing service that if disabled after an index has been
created would not allow search to use that previously created index in the
context we have discovered.


<%= Clinton Gallagher

Q. "Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?"

A. No.

Using the "A word or phrase in the file" search criterion may not work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173/EN-US/

HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302347

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --

:

| The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
| SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
| developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
| functions in this regard.
|
| Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
| Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise in
| futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid by
| Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
| could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so sh!t for
| brains closed the issue to all further comment.
|
| Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay Microsoft $35
| an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
| feedback center!
|
| Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
| "Containing Text" when using XP Pro?
|
| --
| <%= Clinton Gallagher
| METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
| NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
| URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/
|
| [1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx
|
|

 

[melvin cotterill]

Hello;
Come now old chap! Face it! You desperately need to take anger management
classes. Your ranting and raving should have been dispensed with, when you
left high school. For gods sake man get a grip on yourself.

 

[jeffrey]

Hi,

No offense, but I thought the search function in Windows is basically just
setup to find file types by the extensions or words in the file name. As
for containing text, I have see files with long names like "my trip to the
beach". So when I do a search based on text, like looking for pictures from
"my trip" it would look for files with that text, not search inside files to
see if it contained such text. I have always used the search function in
Windows to find files and folders based on their name or extension, not for
what was inside them.

Jeff

 

[clintonG]

Source code is just text in a file. I don't know how you can extrapolate
anything I've said to be applied to spreadsheet files unless Windows Search
is not working for you either.

<%= Clinton Gallagher



"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
What don't you get about it working as designed. How many insurance
companies assessors search source code, how many grandmothers, how many
school teachers? Are you saying search should return totally irrelevent
results to these users who want to search spreadsheets.

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Been there. Tried that.

Read again...

* Three different developers
* Three different machines
* Three different instances of XP, 2 Pro and 1 Home.
* Tested using SP1 AND SP2
* Two developers reported to Product Feedback Center.

One same result: Search is FUBAR and Microsoft staff has sh!t for brains if
they expect anybody to pay the company to report what may be newly
discovered bugs.

What we don't know and are working to establish is the determination of the
status of the indexing service that if disabled after an index has been
created would not allow search to use that previously created index in the
context we have discovered.


<%= Clinton Gallagher

Q. "Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?"

A. No.

Using the "A word or phrase in the file" search criterion may not work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173/EN-US/

HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302347

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
| SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
| developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
| functions in this regard.
|
| Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
| Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise in
| futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid by
| Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
| could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so

sh!t

for
| brains closed the issue to all further comment.
|
| Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay

Microsoft

$35
| an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
| feedback center!
|
| Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
| "Containing Text" when using XP Pro?
|
| --
| <%= Clinton Gallagher
| METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
| NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
| URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/
|
| [1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx
|
|

 

[clintonG]

If just finding filenames and extensions works for you then whoopee ding for
you. I honestly don't know how you could not know that Windows Search is
supposed to be able to find text in files when there is a textbox labeled
"Containing text" that includes "Type words contained in the file" default
right there smack dab as soon as the Explorer Bar is opened. It won't work
on image files. Its only supposed to work on files that can have text in
them.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

Hi,

No offense, but I thought the search function in Windows is basically just
setup to find file types by the extensions or words in the file name. As
for containing text, I have see files with long names like "my trip to the
beach". So when I do a search based on text, like looking for pictures from
"my trip" it would look for files with that text, not search inside files to
see if it contained such text. I have always used the search function in
Windows to find files and folders based on their name or extension, not for
what was inside them.

Jeff

The Start > Search Files and Folders "Containing Text" feature in XP Pro
SP1 and XP Pro SP2 fails and has done so when tested by three different
developers on three different machines. We have determined XP Pro SP1
functions in this regard.

Two of us even took the time to document and acknowledge this at the
Microsoft Product Feedback Center [1] which turned out to be an excercise
in
futility because one of the little sh!t for brains that is getting paid by
Microsoft to waste our time debugging Microsoft's software claimed he/she
could not reproduce -- so therefore the problem did not exist -- so sh!t
for
brains closed the issue to all further comment.

Then to make matters worse the OP is told he would have to pay Microsoft
$35
an hour to report the failure of their software if not satisfied with the
feedback center!

Has anybody else experienced the failure of Search Files and Folders
"Containing Text" when using XP Pro?

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services"
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/Default.aspx