Problem solved...
I found the KB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885843/en-us
dowloaded the hotfix from here
http://thehotfixshare.net/download/i.../Windows%20XP/
Installed the hotfix, rebooted and its good to go now.
thanks everyone for the help.

"dan244" wrote:

> Not yet, still searching for one.
>
> "drona.achaibar@fnf.com.(dontspam)" wrote:
>
> > Hey Dan, did you ever find a solution to this problem? One of my users is
> > havin the same experience. Thanks.
> >
> > "dan244" wrote:
> >
> > > I have an xp machine that even though there are word documents in that share
> > > it will not find the files when I search for *.doc or even filename.doc
> > >
> > > I can navigate to the drive and get the files... its just search not working.
> > >
> > > I think theres a hot fix for this, but i cant find the KB article.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Dan