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04-Aug-2005, 01:40 AM #1
Search not working for me
When I do a search ie "add/remove hangs" it brings up the various threads but when I click on one it takes me to the main TSG Forums menu and not to the thread I selected. Site problem or my pute? on Server 2 Thanks
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04-Aug-2005, 02:36 AM #2
I don't believe it's just you. But if you copy a shortcut and trim the end, you can still go to that page until it is fixed.

http://forums.techguy.org/t313903&hi...ove+hangs.html
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04-Aug-2005, 03:23 AM #3
Looks like there's an & in the code instead of ?
If you change the first "&" in the URL to a question mark (?) it will work.
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04-Aug-2005, 12:14 PM #4
Thanks, both worked, however search has some other issues.

I googled this= add/remove programs won't open, the first one up on the list was
one for TSG exactly the way I googled it. I opened it and it's dated June 05.

Then I did a search on TSG using the same but got "no" matches. Then I removed "won't open", still none. Then I changed search options to be more specific,
still no matches, and I waited a few minutes in between searches just to be safe.

Must be a glitch somewhere?
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04-Aug-2005, 12:32 PM #5
There are certain words that are so common, the search engine here removes them from your search.
This includes "wont".
If you do a search with the word wont, it takes out that word, and completes your search.
When you put an apostrophe in it, as "won't", the search just says No Results.
Same thing happens with "cant" vs "can't".

Otherwise, searches with apostrophes work fine.

Kind of an odd quirk...
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