Spotlight is huge i/0, dave super duper poilnted this out, but alas, you say I have to keep it. But thanks to you and Jon, I'll use finders from here on in. Way more accurate.
I will let you in on a secret, Finder search IS Spotlight, it is just another interface to the same application.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
