Question : Looking for a guide that explains how to use the Windows Search feature in Windows 7

Looking for a guide that explains how to use the Windows Search feature in Windows 7.

I have found that the "new and improved" Windows Search feature that is used in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 often doesn't find the files that I am searching for.

Please provide me with hyperlinks to resources that explain how to properly use the Windows Search feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

Since the new Windows Search feature is so problematic, I have been having to resort to using the command line dir command to perform my Windows searches, such as shown below:

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C:\Users\dennis.stroble>cd c:\

c:\>dir RiskSASetup.exe /s >risk.txt

Which then produces this risk.txt notepad document:

 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is B631-96DB

 Directory of c:\support\Games

07/04/2010  06:53 PM        36,507,520 RiskSASetup.exe
               1 File(s)     36,507,520 bytes

 Directory of c:\_Support\Games

07/04/2010  06:53 PM        36,507,520 RiskSASetup.exe
               1 File(s)     36,507,520 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               2 File(s)     73,015,040 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  504,278,818,816 bytes free

Answer : Looking for a guide that explains how to use the Windows Search feature in Windows 7

ok..if this is the new dc .. and has already registered  its srv records in the dsn server .. (to test check RReg test results of the comand    dcdiag /test:dns )
the clients my be still using the old dc.. for that you need to do ipconfig /flushdns on the clients so that they query dns for a dc in their site and dns gives this servers records to client for authentication
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here is how log on process startd :
the dns service on workstation sends dns query to the dns server specified in the TCP/IP settings
and dns server give results according the site location requestd by client ..
if client does not specify any site.. dns give all dcs.. and  client connects to random dc

howevr if the dc is in different site.. this dc will give the fqdn of dc client should be connection to ..

now.. other case may be .. if SRV record proority and weight specified in dns

cleints connect to  srv records with "lowest priority and highest weith " ..  that is (0)(100) by default

if there is a dc with prioruty of 5 and weight of 100 and other dc has 0 and 100

the client will chose  later dc ..as this has lower priority

check that if dcs in other site have srv records modified