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Okay, so for the first modification, open up the wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-pro/includes/classes/search/class-asp-search-terms.php file, and look for these lines (around line 110):

if ( $args['taxonomy_terms_search_term_meta'] == 1 ) {
    if ( $termmeta_join == '' )
        $termmeta_join = " LEFT JOIN $wpdb->termmeta tm ON tm.term_id = $wpdb->terms.term_id";

    if ( $kw_logic == 'or' || $kw_logic == 'and' || $is_exact ) {
        $parts[] = "( " . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " LIKE $pre_like'$wcl" . $word . "$wcr'$suf_like )";
    } else {
        $parts[] = "
           (" . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " LIKE $pre_like'% " . $word . " %'$suf_like
        OR  " . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " LIKE $pre_like'" . $word . " %'$suf_like
        OR  " . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " LIKE $pre_like'% " . $word . "'$suf_like
        OR  " . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " = '" . $word . "')";
    }
}

..and replace them with these:

if ( $args['taxonomy_terms_search_term_meta'] == 1 ) {
    if ( $termmeta_join == '' )
        $termmeta_join = " LEFT JOIN $wpdb->termmeta tm ON tm.term_id = $wpdb->terms.term_id";

    if ( $kw_logic == 'or' || $kw_logic == 'and' || $is_exact ) {
        $parts[] = "(tm.meta_key NOT LIKE 'cat_seo_text' AND " . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " LIKE $pre_like'$wcl" . $word . "$wcr'$suf_like )";
    } else {
        $parts[] = "( tm.meta_key NOT LIKE 'cat_seo_text' AND
           (" . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " LIKE $pre_like'% " . $word . " %'$suf_like
        OR  " . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " LIKE $pre_like'" . $word . " %'$suf_like
        OR  " . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " LIKE $pre_like'% " . $word . "'$suf_like
        OR  " . $pre_field . "tm.meta_value" . $suf_field . " = '" . $word . "') )";
    }
}

Let me know if you can’t change this, and I will do it via FTP.