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#1 User is offline   Dislocated Time 

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 03:53 AM

Hi... :hello:

can someone tell me why the search function in these forums doesn't work like a google search function? :blink:
When I of a search, for example: "out of memory", I get an error from the search engine that tells me that my search is 3 letters or less. :unsure:
Using wildcards for example *out*of*memory* doesn't work either. :wacko:

Anyone that searches for "Microsoft Office" will not find it because the search engine obviously only searches for the first word. :unsure:

Is there some secret trick to doing a search in the forums or is this just a very limited possibility? :rolleyes:


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Posted 14 July 2009 - 04:37 AM

How to use it: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&...mp;CODE=explain

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 07:31 PM

Try this custom search page i just created for the site :)

http://tinyurl.com/klhgkb

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 08:18 PM

View PostDude112, on Jul 14 2009, 09:31 PM, said:

Try this custom search page i just created for the site :)

http://tinyurl.com/klhgkb
I really don't see the point in this... Especially since we already have the Google form at the top of each page.

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 08:24 PM

No better than starting a plain old Google search (from their normal sites) with "site:msfn.org" either (w/o the quotes of course).

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 10:34 PM

View Postgamehead200, on Jul 14 2009, 10:18 PM, said:

I really don't see the point in this... Especially since we already have the Google form at the top of each page.
OOPS,i completly overlooked that!!

Thats about the same as the link i posted :D

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