Update order with same order status and archive orders

In oscommerce the order status cannot be updated to the same status, it needs to be changed to something else or not at all. I need someone change this so that the order status can be updated with the same status. Basically no change to the customer order but the customer can see the order has been updated in their account and the shop owners are alive. I also need the orders to be archived to different pages than [login to view URL] in admin. For example orders prepairing, waiting for courier, backorder, should all be visable on the admin [login to view URL] page. Orders dispatched, refunded, delivered, should be on the admin [login to view URL] or [login to view URL] page depending on the status, I would like ot keep refunded orders on a seperate page from dispatched orders. There is a mod for this already which I have installed, it seperates the orders depending on their status as descibed above, but if you go to say [login to view URL] to see all the shipped orders, when you click on any order there is a bug, becuase it redirects you back to [login to view URL] So to see the shipped orders, the only way is to search the order number. The contribution for storing shipped orders cn be found here [login to view URL] The order status numbers in mysql must not be changed or this will change the customers order. Also the function for searching orders in admin is very poor, sometimes it wont find the customers name or order and its very limited on what you can search for.. I need someone to make the search function much better, and to put it in the middle top of the orders page (and orders or 3 page...) I need to search or more importantly find the customers order using any of these variables: first name last name order number post code tracking number email address There is a link at the bottom of the orders page to go to the next page or you can click and choose page 3 etc, I need the link to be at the top of the orders page too. The project will go to the service provider who can do the job in the least time and cost.