>>It was quite stupid decigion on MS part to exclude files from the search if they weren't registered. Unfortunatelly, it isn't the first or the last one.
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>I agree completely; it has caused me a lot of problems already.
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>At least they could have included an option "registered files only".
Have you tried Google Desktop? It builds an mantains an index of your HD, and then allows you to Googgle it as usual, with additional functionality for emails, etc. I've been using it for a few months, and it is incredibly good.
http://desktop.google.com/?promo=mp-gds-v1-1Regards,