Re: Make Search work like it did in 2000?

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From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/19/05


Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:28:12 -0500

In news:nZmdnb4ymIx4PorfRVn-1A@novus-tele.net,
John Smith <someone@microsoft.com> had this to say:

> Is there any way of configuring XP's Search so it works the same as
> 2000's?

You can disable search assistant. I don't know if it will make it search
faster or not:

http://www.tinyempire.com/shortnotes/files/turn_off_winxp_search_asst.htm

> And while I'm at it... is there a way to get XP's Search to look for
> text inside PDF files?

Not that I'm aware of though I'm not aware of everything.

Galen

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