RE: xp search function

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The XP search function is a piece of junk. Look up a free software download
called "Agent Ransack", it works really well and is much faster than the
Windows search.

"time_is" wrote:

> after i installed sp2, my search function does not work either by start-
> search- files and folders, OR by startkey+F. i can, however, open explorer
> and ctrl+F from there, but that's really annoying. i've googled about the
> topic, and tried everything i've found, and still no luck. i really dont want
> to do a repair or a reformat! Help!
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