The Search function is on the menu bar (just like before) and you can also type ANYTHING in the old command line bar and it will execute a search. Unless you have added NOTHING to the Dell Machine, do NOT convert to Vista. It reformats the drive and installs Vista. You will lose any apps and data which you have on your machine. You will need to back up the data and reinstall the apps if you want to go to VISTA.
So, I search the same as I did in DOS, right? Isn't Vista supposed to eliminate the need for command-line? In Windows 3.1 I could search any file on the computer for content, and find exactly what I wanted--but not Vista. My husband downloads things, forgets where he puts them and asks me to find them. Searches [from menu bar] by date and size usually don't find anything. Pathetic. I'm not asking for something complicated, only a search function that works in the GUI.
I don't want to convert TO VISTA. I want to install Windows XP on Compaq and HP notebooks that came with [1] Vista Home Premium and [2] Vista Business, but the only version of XP is from a defunct Dell notebook.
I'm glad my main computers is a Mac tower and a MacBook. At least I can find everything!
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