How You Can Get Rid Of The Animated Dog

The Microsoft obsession with annoying animated characters didn’t end with the demise
of Clippy—here’s how you can get rid of the animated dog that turns up every time you want to search for files.
In the search window, click Change Preferences > Without an animated screen
character.
Furthermore, to get back the Windows 2000-style search window, go to Change
Preferences > Change files and folders search behaviour and select Advanced. Finally—
sensible search.