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• What is the NSA doing for Microsoft?s Windows Vista?
  A long time ago this story was news, but this is an interesting fresh perspective on it.
  (tags: Security NSA )
• Microsoft Claims Google?s Vista Complaint Is ?baseless?
  Microsoft predictably says Vista’s search feature is completely above-board.
  (tags: Google Search Legal )

Microsoft predictably says Vista’s search feature is completely above-board. Keep reading →

• Backup you Xp and Vista drivers with DriveMax
  A freeware package that backs up your drivers so you can use then again next time you need to reinstall.
  (tags: Software Drivers )
• Windows Vista Utility “BedTime” Shuts-Down Portable PCs When Moved
  Brien Schultz’s BedTime program uses a computer’s accelerometer to automatically shut-down a laptop or TabletPC’s. And Brien is looking for people to help him test it!
  (tags: Software Beta )

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Google lodged a complaint against Microsoft reguarding Vista’s built in Search function. Keep reading →

Microsoft just introduced me to a term I hadn’t heard before, but is now a feature you can use in Vista. Called SearchMelt, the Windows Vista Blog describes the feature as “Search + XML + Sharing”. Basically it’s a file you can share with others that remembers the settings for a search folder. If you’re not familiar with search folders, it’s your own custom ‘folder’ that you create based on search criteria. As an example, you could create a folder called JPG that when opened displays every jpg file on your computer. There is a small creator you’ll need to download that converts a standard search folder to a SearchMelt file, which you can then share with others. Pretty cool!

The Windows Vista Team Blog is dedicating some posts to searching. The first is called Putting advanced searches to work for you and introduces the series. It was followed by Advanced search techniques which has a large list of operators to help create more defined searches. Today’s post, Searching, part II: Using Search Folders discusses Vista’s new feature that allows you to create customized searches that look like folders. Check them out and master your search techniques!

After you search for a picture in Windows Vista, you receive the following error message when you try to print the picture from the Search window:

Windows can’t find this picture. You might have specified the wrong location, or you have lost access to a network location. Check the location, and then try again.

A tutorial on how to use the search feature of Vista.

You experience issues when you try to find files on a computer that is running Windows Vista. For example, when you search for files by using a search term, you cannot find the files that you expect to find. The items do not appear in the search results. You experience this symptom even though the files exist on the computer.