Oh hey, it worked, all except searching "groups". I uploaded the old search.php and search.tpl then I took the code from the original post about moving the search box ( the code from the 2.4 search_box.tpl) and inserted it into the new search_box.tpl and the search worked.

Here is the code from the SEARCH.TPL (copy and paste this into a document and call it search.tpl then upload to the templates folder)

Code:
<table width=92% align=center border=0>
<tr>
<td>


{if $total gt "0"}

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; COLOR: #333; PADDING-TOP: 10px">
Related Tags:

{section name=i loop=$tags}
{$tags[i]}
{/section}
</div>


<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; COLOR: #333; PADDING-TOP: 10px">

Sort by: Relevance -
Date Added -
Title -
View Count -
Rating
</div>

<table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center bgColor=#cccccc border=0>

<tr><td>

<div class=moduleTitleBar>

<table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>

<TR vAlign=top class=moduleTitle>
<td>

<table width="739"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="5" height="24" background="{$baseurl}/templates/images/bg1_l.gif">[img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/bg1_l.gif[/img]</td>
<th background="{$baseurl}/templates/images/bg1.gif"  width=729>
<div align="left">

<table width="728"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="white_bold" width="307">  
Search for:  {$smarty.request.search_id}</td>
</td>
<td  width="300" align=right  class="white_bold"><div style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px">Results {$start_num}-{$end_num} of {$total} for

' {if $smarty.request.search_type eq "related"}
{section name=k loop=$ch}{$ch[k]}{/section}
{else}
{$smarty.request.search_id}
{/if} '

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: smaller"> ({$ttime} seconds)</SPAN>
</div>

</td>


</tr>
</table>
</div>
</th>
<td width="5" background="{$baseurl}/templates/images/bg1_r.gif">[img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/bg1_r.gif[/img]</td>
</tr>

</table>

</td>
</tr>
</table>

</div>


{section name=i loop=$answers}
<div class=moduleEntry>

<table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TR vAlign=top>
<td>

<table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
<td>[img]{$tmburl}/1_{$answers[i].VID}.jpg[/img]</td>
<td>[img]{$tmburl}/2_{$answers[i].VID}.jpg[/img]</td>
<td>[img]{$tmburl}/3_{$answers[i].VID}.jpg[/img]</td>
</tr>
</table>

</td>

<td width=100%>

<div class=moduleEntryTitle>
{$answers[i].title}</div>
<div class=moduleEntryDescription>{$answers[i].description}</div>
<div class=moduleEntryTags>Tags:
{insert name=video_keyword assign=tags vid=$answers[i].VID}
{section name=j loop=$tags}
{$tags[j]}
{/section}
</div>

<div class=moduleEntryDetails>Channels:
{insert name=video_channel assign=channel vid=$answers[i].VID}
{section name=k loop=$channel}
{$channel[k].name}
{/section}
</div>

<div class=moduleEntryDetails>Added:
{insert name=time_range IDFR=vid tbl=video field=addtime assign=timeran id=$answers[i].VID}{$timeran} by
{insert name=id_to_name assign=uname un=$answers[i].UID}
{$uname}
</div>

<div class=moduleEntryDetails>
Runtime: {$answers[i].duration|string_format:"%.2f"} | Views: {$answers[i].viewnumber} |
{insert name=comment_count assign=commentcount vid=$answers[i].VID}
Comments: {$commentcount}
</div>

<NOBR>{insert name=show_rate assign=rate rte=$answers[i].rate}{$rate}</NOBR>

</td>
</tr>
</table>

</div>
{/section}


</table>

</div>

{if $total gt $items_per_page}
<div class=moduleTitleBar>
<div class=page_links align=right>Pages: {$page_links}  </div>
</div>
{/if}

</td>
</tr>
</table>

{/if}

</td>
</tr>
</table>

Next, open search_box.tpl, copy this code and REPLACE everything in the new search_box.tpl (you can also find this code in the thread about how to move the search box) --this does not include the fix for groups search crashing, just comment out or delete the code for the option to search groups)--:

Code:
<FORM name=searchForm action="{$baseurl}/search.php" method="get">
<table  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center>
<tr>
<td height="34"><INPUT class=search_box tabIndex=1 maxLength=128 name="search_id" value="{$smarty.request.search_id}"></td>
<td width="20"></td>
<td><SELECT name=search_type class=search_select>
{if $smarty.request.search_type eq "search_videos"}<OPTION value=search_videos selected>Search Videos</OPTION>{else}<OPTION value=search_videos>Search Videos</OPTION>{/if}
{if $smarty.request.search_type eq "search_users"}<OPTION value=search_users selected>Search Users</OPTION>{else}<OPTION value=search_users>Search Users</OPTION>{/if}
{if $smarty.request.search_type eq "search_groups"}<OPTION value=search_groups selected>Search Groups</OPTION>{else}<OPTION value=search_groups>Search Groups</OPTION>{/if}
</SELECT>
</td>
<td width="10"></td>
<td><input type=image src="{$baseurl}/templates/images/search.gif" width="90" height="20"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</FORM>
The only thing needed after that is the original search.php which I will send to you.