Search Error

Paul:
Thanks for the feedback. I am not able to repro your problem on a beta 2 build. However, there were a few bugs in search around the the time that beta 2 was released, and it does not surprise me too much that you are having problems in that area. Search is a complex feature because it relies not only on the Visual Studio Help system, but also on MSDN online and our partner sites.
Extensive work has been done on filters and online search since beta 2, and I am sure that you will have a MUCH improved experience with the RC and RTM versions.
If you would still like me to try to repro your scenario, please tell me:

1) What your search settings are (Local Only, Local First, or Online First)
2) What sites, if any, you have excluded from search
3) What filters you are applying.
4) What your search terms are

Michael Blome
Visual C# Documentation Manager

Paul,

One thing that could help us diagnose your issue is to get a log of the WebService calls that the help viewer is making.

To do this, create a string value in the registry at this location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Help

Name:
WebServiceCallLogFile

Value:
<path to some valid filename to which the log will be written>

Then, execute your failing scenario and email me the log file at jeremyj@microsoft.com.

Thanks!
Jeremy Jones

Paul,

Can you verify that your system time is correct? We've seen some similar issues when the user's machine has a system time that is off in some way or another (wrong time zone, wrong time, etc)

Thanks,
Jeremy