Search more than one location at a time?

Hello,
I spend a lot of my time searching for files in our studio (I maintain the archives, backups, file systems, etc.) and I have to search across a number of locations (a number of local drives, specific locations/folders on various servers, etc.). Right now all our machines in the studio are on Tiger and I'm considering upgrading to 10.5, but the one major roadblock I've come across thus far is the ability to search various locations in 10.5. In 10.4 I was able to select multiple locations (local machine, specific folders on file and archive servers, etc.) all at once to find what I need. In 10.5 I've been unable to find a way to search more than one location at a time. Am I missing something, or has Apple removed the ability to search like this? This would be a serious roadblock for me as it would mean each search I do would have to be done 2-5 times, depending on what I'm looking for and where it could be found. I've even tried created a "search" folder which contains alias folders to all the places I'd normally search, but this didn't work.
If anyone has any advice on how I could possible do this, it would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Kristin.

Yea, I understand how to search in 10.5 (either using the magnify glass in top right, or command-F) but what I'm trying to figure out is how to search "This Mac" AND a folder on a server at the same time. In 10.4 you could just click on the places you wanted to search, but in 10.5 this option is gone. When you search "This Mac" (no matter how you customize your search), it only searches the Mac your on and mounted drives via USB and FireWire. It doesn't search other networked computers and servers and you have no option to search a specific folder on a networked computer or server unless you actually navigate to that folder and run the search (at which point you're only searching that folder and no longer also searching the "This Mac").
You can customize a lot of things, but what feature that's lacking in the 10.5 searching is the ability to search specific/various locations across a network.
In the studio it would be specific the computer I'm working on (a Mac Pro [not Macbook Pro]) and it's connected to 20 other Macs (G5 towers, Intel iMacs and Mac Pros) and two servers (Xserves). I only need to search specific locations on these systems, which you can't seem to do in 10.5. In fact, I haven't even found a way to search all the computers on the network, let alone specific locations on these computers on the network, all at once.
I've been trying to figure this out all weekend (at home) via the following setup:
- Intel iMac
- External FireWire drive mounted on Intel iMac
- G4 Server "connected" via Intel iMac
In each of these locations I've placed the following folders:
#1 - FIND THIS FILE - IMAC DESKTOP (on iMac desktop)
#2 - FIND THIS FILE - FW HD (on external FW drive mounted to iMac)
#3 - FIND THIS FILE - G4 DESKTOP (on G4 Server desktop connected to iMac)
When I run the search, if I select "This Mac" it finds both folders #1 & #2, but NOT #3.
The only way I can get the search to find #3 is to navigate via Finder to the G4 and run a search. But, now it's only searching the G4 Server and thus only find #3 and NOT #1 or #2.
I can either search "This Mac" (and mounted drives) OR the G4 Server, but not both.
At this point I have tried everything I can to get this to work, but nothing. I believe there is NO WAY to search various locations (especially various specific locations) across the network and that Apple has removed this ability in 10.5. I would LOVE if someone could prove me wrong!?
Regards,
Kristin.

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