Searching with Vista

I have music files in my Music folder and Word and Excel files in my
"Homework" folder. But, when I click start-> search-> and type in "alan" (to
find all of my alan jackson songs, which are all located in my Music folder)
only 1 alan jackson song shows up. Why? I have like 20 Alan Jackson songs
and the filename for each of them is "Alan Jackson - Song Name". Also, if I
type one of the words in the filename of one of my homework problems Vista
search will not find it. But it finds other files in my Homework folder.
Why is this? Is my hard drive defective?

gg

It just means Vista hasn't indexed those files yet. Are they newer files
(just added) or have they been there a while?

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Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com

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"gng007" <> wrote in message
news:F454F2A2-6DB9-4EB0-AC82-...
>I have music files in my Music folder and Word and Excel files in my
> "Homework" folder. But, when I click start-> search-> and type in "alan"
> (to
> find all of my alan jackson songs, which are all located in my Music
> folder)
> only 1 alan jackson song shows up. Why? I have like 20 Alan Jackson
> songs
> and the filename for each of them is "Alan Jackson - Song Name". Also, if
> I
> type one of the words in the filename of one of my homework problems Vista
> search will not find it. But it finds other files in my Homework folder.
> Why is this? Is my hard drive defective?
>
> gg

they've been there over a month, and i've shut down and restarted my pc every
day at least once.

gg

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> It just means Vista hasn't indexed those files yet. Are they newer files
> (just added) or have they been there a while?
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
>
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "gng007" <> wrote in message
> news:F454F2A2-6DB9-4EB0-AC82-...
> >I have music files in my Music folder and Word and Excel files in my
> > "Homework" folder. But, when I click start-> search-> and type in "alan"
> > (to
> > find all of my alan jackson songs, which are all located in my Music
> > folder)
> > only 1 alan jackson song shows up. Why? I have like 20 Alan Jackson
> > songs
> > and the filename for each of them is "Alan Jackson - Song Name". Also, if
> > I
> > type one of the words in the filename of one of my homework problems Vista
> > search will not find it. But it finds other files in my Homework folder.
> > Why is this? Is my hard drive defective?
> >
> > gg
>

I also am having so many naggy little problems with mine. I have a premium.But the one thing I am starting to get is the permissions are almost half why these windows wont open for anyone. Something microsoft should have thought about in the first pc instead of demoting us back to little kids and getting permissions to talk to the next door neighbor.

EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
http://www.eggheadcafe.com

I too agree if you have accepted a program for say 10 times it[Vista] should
'learn' that your ok with it, "does my head in", if I want to play a game
like bf2142 I always get asked if I want to 'allow it???


"Riki" wrote in message news:...
>I also am having so many naggy little problems with mine. I have a
>premium.But the one thing I am starting to get is the permissions are
>almost half why these windows wont open for anyone. Something microsoft
>should have thought about in the first pc instead of demoting us back to
>little kids and getting permissions to talk to the next door neighbor.
>
> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com

That would be due to the fact that the people who wrote the program told it
to run in admin mode.

Why in the hell does a game need admin privileges?

Perhaps the writers of software should be writing apps to run in user mode.

Did you know a game running in admin mode is more likely to take down the
whole system than if it were a user mode process?


"Shaun" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I too agree if you have accepted a program for say 10 times it[Vista]
>should 'learn' that your ok with it, "does my head in", if I want to play a
>game like bf2142 I always get asked if I want to 'allow it???
>
>
> "Riki" wrote in message news:...
>>I also am having so many naggy little problems with mine. I have a
>>premium.But the one thing I am starting to get is the permissions are
>>almost half why these windows wont open for anyone. Something microsoft
>>should have thought about in the first pc instead of demoting us back to
>>little kids and getting permissions to talk to the next door neighbor.
>>
>> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>

GG - try leaving your PC on all night for a day or two. Vista indexes
files when the computer is on but not in use.

Good luck.



Stevo

http://www.howtofixcomputers.com

For some strange reason, Vista searches only in folders that have been indexed. Access "Indexing Options" to see what is being indexed and what changes you can make.

Rufus

"gng007" <> wrote in message news:88206B51-7F32-4D61-A00C-...
> they've been there over a month, and i've shut down and restarted my pc every
> day at least once.
>
> gg
>
> "Dustin Harper" wrote:
>
>> It just means Vista hasn't indexed those files yet. Are they newer files
>> (just added) or have they been there a while?
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>>
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>> --
>> "gng007" <> wrote in message
>> news:F454F2A2-6DB9-4EB0-AC82-...
>> >I have music files in my Music folder and Word and Excel files in my
>> > "Homework" folder. But, when I click start-> search-> and type in "alan"
>> > (to
>> > find all of my alan jackson songs, which are all located in my Music
>> > folder)
>> > only 1 alan jackson song shows up. Why? I have like 20 Alan Jackson
>> > songs
>> > and the filename for each of them is "Alan Jackson - Song Name". Also, if
>> > I
>> > type one of the words in the filename of one of my homework problems Vista
>> > search will not find it. But it finds other files in my Homework folder.
>> > Why is this? Is my hard drive defective?
>> >
>> > gg
>>