After 10.10.1 upgrade spotlight not working

After upgrading 10.10.1 spotlight is only showing "dictionary" results nothing else.

Hi ,,
Open System Preferences > Spotlight then select the Search Results tab.
Select the categories you want to see results from.
If that doesn't help, might be corrupted Spotlight preferences.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Spotlight.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.Spotlight.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac then try a Spotlight search.

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I am selling my computer. I zeroed out the harddrive. Reinstalled Leopard, updated everything, and now searching on a term in the helpviewer causes it to quit. I tried this, suggested by a person on this forum:
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