Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
How to Find Technical Info on Microsoft's Website
Author: Brent Simmons Posted: 11/30/1998; 2:32:18 PM Topic: How to Find Technical Info on Microsoft's Website Msg #: 597 Prev/Next: 596 / 598
I've gotten fairly good at finding technical information on Microsoft's website.It's come to my attention that not everybody is as comfortable with their search engine as I am. I've got two tips:
1) From the popup menu #2 "Select your search criteria" -- make sure you've switched from "Exact Phrase" to "All Words." (Default is exact phrase, which is rarely effective.)
2) You may need to do two searches. Look in #3 "Choose your search category." The default is to search everything except for Support and the Knowledge Base. But -- if you're searching for technical information, much (if not most) of the time you'll find what you're looking for in the Knowledge Base.
So I usually start by choosing "Support and Knowledge Base." If I don't find what I want there, then I switch back to the default "All of Microsoft.com."
By searching twice you search everything, starting with your best bet, the Knowledge Base.
Bonus tip: here are what I find to be my most-visited sites:
Scripting:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/
Web Development:
http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/
XML:
Microsoft Developer Network:
COM:
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