Here's my weak attempt at sliding in an August post. My excuse is moving back from Tennessee to Houston, then back to Austin, and then moving from one apartment in Austin to another. And laziness. Anyway, on to the real reason for posting.
Windows 2000 had a pretty easy to use file search, much like Windows 98. In Windows XP they changed the search, I guess to make it more user friendly, but it's been more annoying for me. So if you want to know how to get the 'classic search' back it's pretty easy.
I did a quick search for the registry hack, and it's here. But the way that I normally do it, is to install Powertoys for Windows XP. It has that option under Explorer/Settings/Use Classic Search in Explorer. It also has tons of other little hacks that you can use, like an automatic login (but this doesn't encrypt your password when it saves it, I think) and various desktop tweaks. I use the autologin for the computer I have in my car and attached to the TV. It allows a remote restart, without having to be present at the computer to login, while still being able to password an account.
Posted by ramk at August 30, 2004 03:50 PM