http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2009/12/08/search-stories-or-how-do-people-manage-on-xp.aspxI know from experience that the people I meet in this job , and those who read this blog are more likely to be early adopters than the population at large so you, as a reader may well be on Windows 7 by now, and had a better chance than most of runningen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2009/12/08/search-stories-or-how-do-people-manage-on-xp.aspx#3301542Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:46:41 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3301542Erik<p>I'm one of those early adopters &amp; I had Vista until the 7 RC came out. However I don't use the built in search tools much. I just don't find that feature very useful.</p> <p>However, were I work we are still on IE6 &amp; the amount of down time due to lack of support on webpages is a real pain!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3301542" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2009/12/08/search-stories-or-how-do-people-manage-on-xp.aspx#3299357Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:03:46 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3299357Steven M<p>I love the search in Vista and in 7 and find it useful for launching apps and quickly going back to file shares as well. However on XP I wouldn't install Microsoft (or a third party) search solution for the simple reason that when I tried earlier versions it really slowed down the PC. </p> <p>Whenever I see a user with it on I always stifle a groan. This might not be fair because later versions may be much improved but first impressions tend to stick with me I'm afraid!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3299357" width="1" height="1">