Lesson 5. Find It with Vista Search

Goals

Understand the benefits of instant search capability in Vista

Practice three methods for searching documents, email messages, and other files

Run advanced searches to limit or expand your search

Use the Search box to search the Internet

Save search criteria so that you can run the search again later

Add directories to your search

One of the biggest changes Windows Vista delivers is the way it handles searches. Windows XP and previous versions had the ability to search your hard drive, but they did it very slowly, especially if you were trying to locate a file based on its content rather than just its filename. With Vista, searches are very fast—sometimes taking only a couple of seconds to do what used ...

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