5. XP really knows better than you and by default does not search in system folders. I killed that oh-so-friendly search dog on day 2 of acquainting myself with Windows XP last September, so I can't readily say where is the setting if your dog is enabled, but if your dog is dead too, it's under Advanced Options: Search system folders.
You don't have to kill Fido to fix it. In fact, killing Fido is *not enough* to fix it. You actually need to switch to the 'Advanced' search option.
Start->Search Change preferences Change files and folders search behaviour Advanced OK
Cheers, Nick.
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