Windows Vista Search Tool
The Windows Vista Search Tool
Every modern computer has quite a large hard drive where you can store thousands of files, photos, music files etc.
This is very usefull because you almost never have to delete a file.
But.......if there are thousands of files stored on your computer, you have to be able to find them back! Therefore there is the the Vista Search Tool, to help you to find every file back on your computer.
The Search tool in Windows Vista works a bit different the the one in Windows XP. It has become better then previous search tools.
For example you can search for a word in a file without having to select the option to search in a file, you can search for file properties and more.
The search for file properties is very useful. For example if you type in the Start menu modified:this week, automatically all the files which are modified the past week are being displayed in the left pane of the Start menu.
You can also search for a contact from Outlook or Windows Mail. Simply type the name of a contact and all the e-mail messages of that person are being displayed in the left pane of the Start menu.
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You have to take some time to understand how to search with the Windows Vista Search Tool but we are going to help you with that.
Search Google and more from the Start menu
The most quick and easy way to search for a program, website, document, contact or e-mail, is doing it by the Start menu. If you use Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo, etc a lot then this
guide is for you. In this guide, you'll learn how to
search these websites from your Start Menu. |
Please Note: This guide involves the use of the Group
Policy Editor, which is not included with Vista Home
Premium/Basic or Windows XP Home.
Configuring Your Start Menu to Search Google
1. Start Group Policy Editor (Start > Run > "gpedit.msc")
2. In the left panel, go to User Configuration >
Administrative Templates >Windows
Components > instant Search
3. In the right panel, right click on Custom Instant
Search Internet Search Provider policy setting
and select Properties
4. Select Enabled
5. Now in the first String or dll resource... field,
type Search Google
6. In the The URL to use when... field, type
http://www.google.com/search?q=%w
7. Press OK and Reboot your computer (If you wish
to apply the changed policy setting immediately,
open a command prompt and run
gpupdate/force)
8. Press the Start button, type your search for
Google, click Search Google, and Google will
load
Configuring Your Start Menu to Search
Wikipedia
Follow the steps above and replace steps 5 & 6 with
the following:
5. Now in the first String or dll resource... field, type
Search Wikipedia
6. In the The URL to use when... field, type
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%w
Configuring Your Start Menu to Search Yahoo
5. Now in the first String or dll resource... field, type
Search Yahoo
6. In the The URL to use when... field, type
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%w
A part of this article is written by Mintywhite.com and is part of the Windows Vista Pocket Guide
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