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  • K Kenneth Haugland

    Searching for items has never been Windows or Microsoft's strong site, just look at Bing. I remembered the first time I used that, and Search up MSDN, the first link was to a site with pictures of naked girls. :)

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    Member 11683251
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    Maybe Microsoft just thought it would help relieve some of the frustration from using bing? Like a sorry that you have to use our search engine, here are some nudes instead.

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      Well to be fair, most Google searches are probably trying to find those pictures, so maybe they were just anticipating demand? :laugh:

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      Kenneth Haugland
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      Yeah, statistically its probably the correct result for male searchers regardless of the search words. :laugh:

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        That's what I did - but it's the search results that are ... um ... a touch inconsistent... :laugh:

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        Lost User
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        Yeah, I discovered that a long time ago, and rarely use it.

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        • K Kenneth Haugland

          Searching for items has never been Windows or Microsoft's strong site, just look at Bing. I remembered the first time I used that, and Search up MSDN, the first link was to a site with pictures of naked girls. :)

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          Lost User
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          If you're a MFC programmer try a google search for CString and scroll down (NSFW).

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            If you're a MFC programmer try a google search for CString and scroll down (NSFW).

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            OriginalGriff
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            Dare I try CLstCtrl? :~

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            • L Lost User

              "Settings" is third from the bottom on the Desktop menu. Click on the logo at bottom left, you can't miss it. Unless your mate is running the Welsh Ffenestri version. ;)

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              CPallini
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              :laugh: :thumbsup:

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              • K Kenneth Haugland

                Searching for items has never been Windows or Microsoft's strong site, just look at Bing. I remembered the first time I used that, and Search up MSDN, the first link was to a site with pictures of naked girls. :)

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                Jorgen Andersson
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                But is that a fail?

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                • L Lost User

                  If you're a MFC programmer try a google search for CString and scroll down (NSFW).

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                  Simon_Whale
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                  luckly I have safe search turned on :) at work

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                  • K Kenneth Haugland

                    Searching for items has never been Windows or Microsoft's strong site, just look at Bing. I remembered the first time I used that, and Search up MSDN, the first link was to a site with pictures of naked girls. :)

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                    Lost User
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                    Kenneth Haugland wrote:

                    Search up MSDN, the first link was to a site with pictures of naked girls.

                    So why are you complaining? :confused:

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                    • K Kenneth Haugland

                      Searching for items has never been Windows or Microsoft's strong site, just look at Bing. I remembered the first time I used that, and Search up MSDN, the first link was to a site with pictures of naked girls. :)

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                      Ron Anders
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                      There are naked girls!? Where? no.... don't show me

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                      • L Lost User

                        Ask John McAfee: Warning - NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg[^]

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                        glennPattonWork3
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                        Boss showed us that, while shaking his head! :laugh:

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          Trying to remove McAfee from a friends lappy after upgrading, resetting, and upgrading again to win 10. And it should be easy, according to McAfee site (hah! Heard that before!) Just go to "Add and Remove Programs" in "Settings" and take it out. So...Windows 10. "Windows button", "Settings" - don't see it, so I'll search, using the Settings search box... Search "add" - "No results for add" Search "Add" - "No results for Add" Search "uni" (as the beginning of "uninstall") - and the first result is "Add or remove programs"... :doh: So...it's a search that only finds things if you look for completely different text? That's a bit surreal, even for MS!

                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                          Mike Hankey
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                          Add is pretty close to asinine maybe that would have worked?

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            Trying to remove McAfee from a friends lappy after upgrading, resetting, and upgrading again to win 10. And it should be easy, according to McAfee site (hah! Heard that before!) Just go to "Add and Remove Programs" in "Settings" and take it out. So...Windows 10. "Windows button", "Settings" - don't see it, so I'll search, using the Settings search box... Search "add" - "No results for add" Search "Add" - "No results for Add" Search "uni" (as the beginning of "uninstall") - and the first result is "Add or remove programs"... :doh: So...it's a search that only finds things if you look for completely different text? That's a bit surreal, even for MS!

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            Slacker007
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                            Just go to the control panel. If windows 10 "settings" page is like windows 8, it is worthless. I always go to the control panel. i.e. adding printers can be a pain in windows 8 from the page for adding printers, therefor - control panel. don't know if that helps you at all....

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                            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                              Trying to remove McAfee from a friends lappy after upgrading, resetting, and upgrading again to win 10. And it should be easy, according to McAfee site (hah! Heard that before!) Just go to "Add and Remove Programs" in "Settings" and take it out. So...Windows 10. "Windows button", "Settings" - don't see it, so I'll search, using the Settings search box... Search "add" - "No results for add" Search "Add" - "No results for Add" Search "uni" (as the beginning of "uninstall") - and the first result is "Add or remove programs"... :doh: So...it's a search that only finds things if you look for completely different text? That's a bit surreal, even for MS!

                              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                              dandy72
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                              I hasn't been called "Add/Remove Programs" since the XP days if I'm not mistaken. From Vista forward, it's called "Programs and features". When I hit Start and start typing "prog", it appears as the second entry (the first one being "Default Programs"). Then again, this whole mess is dynamic. When I start typing "uni", I don't get "App or remove programs" at all. If I type "unin", then I get "App and features", which is the Metro-fied uninstaller (which I had forgotten all about - yuck). Nobody can convince me that searching beats a well-organized menu. I have systems (fast systems) on which I can type the whole name of the shortcut, and I still have to wait a number of seconds after that for it to get displayed before I can click on it.

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                                Just go to the control panel. If windows 10 "settings" page is like windows 8, it is worthless. I always go to the control panel. i.e. adding printers can be a pain in windows 8 from the page for adding printers, therefor - control panel. don't know if that helps you at all....

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                                dandy72
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                                At this point they should just call it the Out of Control Panel.

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                                • D dandy72

                                  At this point they should just call it the Out of Control Panel.

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                                  Slacker007
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                                  dandy72 wrote:

                                  call it the Out of Control Panel.

                                  that too. :)

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    Trying to remove McAfee from a friends lappy after upgrading, resetting, and upgrading again to win 10. And it should be easy, according to McAfee site (hah! Heard that before!) Just go to "Add and Remove Programs" in "Settings" and take it out. So...Windows 10. "Windows button", "Settings" - don't see it, so I'll search, using the Settings search box... Search "add" - "No results for add" Search "Add" - "No results for Add" Search "uni" (as the beginning of "uninstall") - and the first result is "Add or remove programs"... :doh: So...it's a search that only finds things if you look for completely different text? That's a bit surreal, even for MS!

                                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                    Kiriander
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                                    I've been reaching this panel for years now using command-line fu. Press Win+R, type appwiz.cpl, hit Enter. Viola!

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      That's what I did - but it's the search results that are ... um ... a touch inconsistent... :laugh:

                                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                      Mike Winiberg
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                                      Try finding all the SQL related stuff when you have SQL Express installed: typing "SQL" finds the SQL Server Management Studio, but not the SQL Serve Configuration Manager. However, once you've opened SSCM, then typing SQL finds it. There is something seriously wierd about the start menu search. It behaves similarly strangely if you search for windows update too...

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                                        I hasn't been called "Add/Remove Programs" since the XP days if I'm not mistaken. From Vista forward, it's called "Programs and features". When I hit Start and start typing "prog", it appears as the second entry (the first one being "Default Programs"). Then again, this whole mess is dynamic. When I start typing "uni", I don't get "App or remove programs" at all. If I type "unin", then I get "App and features", which is the Metro-fied uninstaller (which I had forgotten all about - yuck). Nobody can convince me that searching beats a well-organized menu. I have systems (fast systems) on which I can type the whole name of the shortcut, and I still have to wait a number of seconds after that for it to get displayed before I can click on it.

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                                        mtiede
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                                        Or you can just type "add remove" in the start menu or Cortana.

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          Trying to remove McAfee from a friends lappy after upgrading, resetting, and upgrading again to win 10. And it should be easy, according to McAfee site (hah! Heard that before!) Just go to "Add and Remove Programs" in "Settings" and take it out. So...Windows 10. "Windows button", "Settings" - don't see it, so I'll search, using the Settings search box... Search "add" - "No results for add" Search "Add" - "No results for Add" Search "uni" (as the beginning of "uninstall") - and the first result is "Add or remove programs"... :doh: So...it's a search that only finds things if you look for completely different text? That's a bit surreal, even for MS!

                                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                          JoeSox
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                                          Yes. Windows 10 seems like it has a mind of its own. For some reason windows explorer will always be on top, so when I open new instances of windows explorer they go behind what I DON'T want to see. :doh: But yes Kaspersky 15 blew up when I upgraded my older i5 laptop and luckily I had a 16 license as they say its Win10 compliant.

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