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Tekzilla Daily: Speed up Vista search
Created: 11/25/2008
Video description: Fine-tune Vista's search bar so you get only the results you want, in half the time.

Tekzilla Daily: Speed up Vista search Video Transcript

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>> Veronica: Hey everyone welcome to Tekzilla Daily, I'm Veronica Belmont. The easiest way to access any file or program in Windows Vista is a search box that appears when you open the Start menu if you use this feature only to find applications instead of other types of files you can speed up this process by restricting which types of files it displays. First, right click on the Start button, select Properties and click Customize, uncheck Search Communications and set search files to Don't Search for Files, that's all there is to it. No more waiting around for your system to search every single file when you just want your favorite application. Now, if you have a tip or trick that you want to share then email us at Tekzilla@Revision3.com and don't forget Tekzilla.com, it's the place to find more tips, tricks, product views, and how-to's. ^E00:00:53

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