Intel: XP users causing weak sales

[sc302 Veteran]

good luck having search find the content.ie5 folder.  

 

Some shorter commnds for you

 

• %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low
• %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low
• %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\History\Low
• %LocalAppData%\Temp\Low

 

• %windir%\system32

 

[Ian W]

good luck having search find the content.ie5 folder.

Is that location even indexed?

[adrynalyne]

Apart from cost,time constraints,lack of software/hardware support and lack of money you mean

Those are the same businesses that don't spend a dime on network security, too.  

[Dot Matrix]

 

good luck having search find the content.ie5 folder.  

 

Some shorter commnds for you

 

• %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low
• %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low
• %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\History\Low
• %LocalAppData%\Temp\Low

 

• %windir%\system32

 

 

What's in there that anyone would possibly need to search for?

[+Warwagon MVC]

What's in there that anyone would possibly need to search for?

 

I go there all the time to delete internet temp files by hand before I run CCleaner. By hand goes faster.

 

 

 

%windir%\system32

 

Never under stood why %windir% is faster from a typing standpoint.

 

You don't save that many less characters than just typing c:\windows\system32

 

%windir%\system32

c:\windows\system32

[Ian W]

I go there all the time to delete internet temp files by hand before I run CCleaner. By hand goes faster.

You might want to create a shortcut to that location then?

[+Warwagon MVC]

You might want to create a shortcut to that location then?

 

I'm talking about when I do computer repairs.

[Dot Matrix]

I go there all the time to delete internet temp files by hand before I run CCleaner. By hand goes faster.

 

Why? Internet Options is quicker, and searchable. Plus, there's a button to view files. It's easier to guide users here as well. No need to open the browser or Explorer.

[+Warwagon MVC]

What's in there that anyone would possibly need to search for?

 

I thought Windows search was so awesome you could just type in any folder on the computer and it would find it for you.

[Ian W]

I'm talking about when I computer repairs.

Ah, now I know.

I thought Windows search was so awesome it would just you could just type in any folder on the computer and it would find it for you.

Not if the location is not indexed.

[Dot Matrix]

I thought Windows search was so awesome you could just type in any folder on the computer and it would find it for you.

I know of no reason to be searching out temp Internet files. There's a reason most locations aren't indexed.

[NEVER85]

XP users ruin everything :\

[sc302 Veteran]

Is that location even indexed?

No

 

What's in there that anyone would possibly need to search for?

Computer repair/manual malware removal

I go there all the time to delete internet temp files by hand before I run CCleaner. By hand goes faster.

 

 

 

 

Never under stood why %windir% is faster from a typing standpoint.

 

You don't save that many less characters than just typing c:\windows\system32

 

%windir%\system32

c:\windows\system32

saves you 4 chars, if you don't include shift.  for when they decide to change the windows directory again, or when someone doesn't install windows in the default directory...or it adds a .001 to the end of the directory.

[Ian W]

No

That may explain why results are not instantly displayed. In this example I have a folder that is listed within search results after typing only four characters.

[+Warwagon MVC]

There's a reason most locations aren't indexed.

 

So in that respect, at least for computer repair,  that search is not the end all.

[sc302 Veteran]

Even when trying to do a full system search, content.ie5 does not show up. 

[+Warwagon MVC]

Even when trying to do a full system search, content.ie5 does not show up. 

 

I know, but still, the Windows 8 search is the end all ... it should be there

[binaryzero]

...in 10 years time Windows XP will still be a discussion point on this site.

[Ian W]

Even when trying to do a full system search, content.ie5 does not show up. 

It shows up just fine for me . . .

[Dot Matrix]

So in that respect, at least for computer repair,  that search is not the end all.

For Joe user, my time, and my sanity, it is. It was exhausting hunting and pecking in Windows XP for stuff in 2004, and it's equally, if not more exhausting now. There's a reason I refuse to touch these systems. You want Windows XP? Great, then that's your world of hurt to deal with. It's not 2004 anymore.

 

I've turned a job down before from a company still running XP, and I'll do it again if I have to. It's just not worth it anymore. I want to grow my skills, not recall ones I used as a child.

I know, but still, the Windows 8 search is the end all ... it should be there

You know what? This trolling isn't worth my time. Screw you.

[sc302 Veteran]

It shows up just fine for me . . .

Search.png

looks like an addon search to me or a vista search.  windows 7 and 8 no dice with the default search.

 

perhaps this:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3383

[+Warwagon MVC]

looks like an addon search to me or a vista search.  windows 7 and 8 no dice with the default search.

 

Unless he might have show hidden files and system files turned on.

[Ian W]

looks like an addon search to me or a vista search.  windows 7 and 8 no dice with the default search.

 

perhaps this:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3383

The latter is correct. The search is one from Windows Vista.

 

Unless he might have show hidden files and system files turned on.

If that were the case then the icons of my results would be a higher contrast.

[sc302 Veteran]

I have never seen those search options in windows 7 or 8...I recall something like that in windows vista.  vista had a better search than current oses.

[Ian W]

I have never seen those search options in windows 7 or 8...I recall something like that in windows vista.  vista had a better search than current oses.

Oh do forgive me for going off topic, sc302, but I don't get the chance to do this in public very often. Please look at the other glorious search options!

I can select multiple search locations, and even add new ones without having to type them in a search box; I can, however, decide to use a search box if I want to manually select a location. For folders that I have decided to search in, I can exclude subfolders. Options to sort or group my selected folders are available from the column headers.

One is even able to perform a query upon a query to return more relevant results and then save these results as a Virtual Folder. So I can further refine my results for that Secure Startup Virtual Folder shown above to display results only for BitLocker instead of NGSCB (as shown below). The results change from 14 items to 3 items.