Not so Smart Folders!

Hi
I have setup a Smart Folder that searches for files that have been modified within the last 3 days, My problem is that this type of search works fine on my home computer but when I try it on my work computer it just freezes the whole system with a spinning icon at bottom of the smart folder, upon force quitting the Finder the whole system is really slow and I can't 'get info' on anything, this always ends up with a reboot!
Both macs are running 10.4.9 - Any suggestions to get it working?
thanks
LJ
  Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Hi lowJackson
Sounds like you could be experiencing drive/directory problems with your work mac, there is also the possibility that a damaged or corrupted .plist or prefrerence is causing the problem. You could try running fsck in single user mode using the command line, alternatively you could boot from the installer disk that came with your mac and run disk utility to repair the disk – it does the same thing. Repair privileges and permissions while you are it also. If you have DiskWarrior run that as well as that fixes deeper drive/directory problems.
If you are still experiencing problems, create a new administrator account, log out of the existing account and log into the newly created account and try from there. Let us know how you get on.
Hope this helps

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