How to Turn off Windows 7 old search suggestions:
1.First click Start button. Type gpedit.msc in the Search box and hit enter to run the group policy editor.
2.navigate on the left side of group policy editor to:
Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer.
3.In its right side, find out the "Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box" entry and double click it.
4.Then select the Enabled option and click OK to save the changes.
Now windows 7 will no longer show the recent search entries when you are typing in your search text.