Why Doesn't Windows 7 Search work properly?

Windows 7 Search not working.
Really, why not?  Windows 7 is supposed to be better than that which has been before, yet anyone you mention it to agrees it's not as good as XP.

XP searching was great. Right click the folder select search set your parameters and a few moments later you got your results - and the thing you were looking for.  But Windows 7 Search in the explorer windows can't cut it and below are the reasons why. 

• There is no simple GUI for entering the parameters of the search. It's possible to a limited extent but you really need to go and learn how to use filters in the search window to get the results you want.  Learning how to use search filters is boring and crap.
• You can't search for the contents of files in a network drive location without doing TWO searches.  On the second search you need to click the file contents button which appears.
• The file contents button doesn't work as well as the XP search contents.

Say you have a text string in text file on a network drive.  The string is the alphabet from a to z.  If you use Windows 7 search TWICE! (if you're new to Windows 7 I bet you think I'm joking) and the SECOND TIME click file contents with a parameter of abc sure enough you file containing the alphabet will be presented in the search results.  Try xyz though, or any other string in the middle of the alphabet and, no can do.  Do the same search on your XP machine pointing to the same network drive location an it is perfectly happy returning your alphabet file in the search results for xyz or any string within the file.

So if you knew Windows 7 search was annoying but couldn't quite work out why, the above might be your explanation.

More info here
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Exploring-Windows-7s-New-Search-Features-Part1.html