So recently I came across an error in the vSphere windows “fat client” when trying to use the search field.
So a quick look at the VMware knowledge base brought up the following article
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2063020
So I went ahead and followed the KB artricle and then tried to search again.. the following error was generated.
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