It may be noted that Vista also uses an "indexed search" for ALL SEARCH FUNCTIONS. In default mode, only files in "My Documents" are indexed, and only index terms that Microsoft believes you should be looking for will be in the index. (And it can take weeks for Vista to complete the indexing on a new computer.)

There is an "Advanced Search" in Vista that you can tell to search file-at-a-time and there are limited "queries" you can use, but on my machine a "full search" that doesn't use the index can take up to six hours - and produces either NO RESULTS (even when I copy and paste a known filename into the "what to search for box) or returns a list of "all the files on the computer." Both of these results are equally useless.

Google also uses a more robust indexed search, so it finds almost everything; but it will only show you the "most popular" hundred or so of the several million results it knows about - again only useful if you're into celebrity gossip, sports banalities, or (currently) political mudslinging.

(Xmas is coming and I'm starting Grinch mode a bit early - maybe.)

John