On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:32:17 -0600, druekberg
wrote:

The new annoyance is not being able to do an advanced search until a
regular search completes (e.g searching by size or date). Or maybe I'm
missing something, but it's not obvious as it was in XP.

For quick access to Advanced Search, use the keyboard shortcut Win key + F
to show the search window, instead of opening Win Explorer. The Advanced
Search button will be on the far right.

Doug M. in NJ