Speed+Up+Your+Vista+Searches


 * Speed Up Your Vista Searches**

By default, the Start menu search also searches for files, Windows contacts, Windows Mail, history and favourites so it is slow.

You can customize the search results from the Start menu search box to only return the results you really want. If only want to use the Start menu search to pull up applications, you can disable everything else. You can do whatever you need to do! To configure this setting, right click on the **Start** button and select **Properties**. Next, click on the **Customize** button and scroll down until you see the checkboxes under the **Search** section. Here's a shot of my screen with all of my settings in place: For the best results, change the **Search Files** option to "**Don't search for files**." The Start menu is too small to find files anyway. Making that change will speed up the search process immensely. Here are the details for what the other options do:
 * **Search** -
 * This should disable the search entirely, but it does not seem to remove the search box, so leave this enabled.
 * **Search Communications** - This one disables searching through e-mails and contacts. It appears to be only for the Windows Mail and Windows Contacts disable this
 * **Search Favorites and History** - This option searches through your Internet Explorer Favourites and history. Perhaps in the future, it will also search in Firefox, disable it for now, if you only use Firefox.
 * **Search Files** - You can change this one to search all of your files or just your home directory. Or, you can disable it entirely for more speed.
 * **Search Programs** - This one searches through the Start menu and the applications you have on your computer. You can customize it to your liking.