# "Searching has been disabled"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-has-been-disabled/667594>\
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**Created:** [August 30, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-has-been-disabled/667594 "2013-08-30T17:35:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-has-been-disabled/667594/1 "2013-08-30T17:35:05Z")

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When I try to search for all posts by a poster, I get a vBulletin message saying “Searching has been disabled.” What’s going on?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-has-been-disabled/667594/2 "2013-08-30T17:43:04Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=2)

> [@](#):
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> Search and New Posts Temporarily Disabled
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> We’ve been experiencing performance issues with the SDMB this morning. In order to potentially stabilize the performance situation Search and New Posts have been temporarily disabled until our hosting provider has had an opportunity to fully analyze the performance situation and recommend what can be done to improve it.
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> Jerry