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The little animated dog in Windows XP Search is annoying, to say the least. How do I remove it?

April 26, 2017animated annoying dog little remove search Windows XP

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The little animated dog in Windows XP Search is annoying, to say the least. How do I remove it?

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A. When you click the Search button and the dog appears, choose Turn off animated character. You can also make Windows XP Search act like Windows 2000 Search (which I prefer, incidentally) by clicking Change Preferences, then Change files and folders search behavior; then choose Advanced.