Oh right, yes I agree. In fact, I think the UT uses PHDbase as the search engine. This engine is so fast that to allow 2 letter words would add virtually no overhead. And PHDbase has an exclude common words function plus the UT could simply use the max hits limiter to tell the user to refine a search if necessary.

Now, wheres that wine...



>I'm wondering why the UT would prevent anyone doing any kind of search. Google and other Internet search engines don't have such limits.
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>>Sorry Mike, not with you? Had a glass of wine already so need more info :)
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>>\>Why not offer the advice try to get the UT to allow us to tell it what to search for.
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>>>>>I am trying to search for threads with "Windows xp" in the message. But, I keep getting an error message that says "Search string must contain at least three characters." What does this mean? There are more than 3 characters.
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>>>>>Thanks.
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>>>>Dennis, the search program does not like the "xp" which it considers a two letter word. Try searching on just "windows" or "wxp" or "winxp", which a lot of people use to refer to Windows XP. Try also adding other words that might focus your search.