Comments on: Enable Windows Search Service

By: feibao

feibao — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:25:35 +0000

I tried installing Search 4 on Win2008 R2 but it throws an error. OTOH, using the steps for Windows Search worked a breeze.

By: JayTheTech

JayTheTech — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:13:53 +0000

Thanks just done this with server 2008 R2 Some advantages are pressing the start menu and typing literaly anything you want in there to open it.

By: yongl

yongl — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:48:04 +0000

Hope windows 7 would do better than Vista and Xp

By: sodaxp

sodaxp — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:13:08 +0000

Yep, as Sean said, Windows Search has a better performance than built-in search on Windows Vista or Server 2008.

I don’t know why, maybe Windows Search 4.0 has improved algorithms or something like that.

Maybe here in this webpage it could be a great idea to show this alternative

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:11:04 +0000

Since I use Outlook 2007 on this box, I installed Windows Search 4.0.
It works much better than the built-in search on Vista or Windows Server 2008.
Try it, you’ll like it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/choose/windowssearch4.mspx

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:57:39 +0000

I use the instant search feature in Outlook 2007 all the time. I have a lot of email(it’s my primary method of workflow) and it all eventually is sorted into folders. Running a scan search takes FOREVER. In my case, and many others who use Outlook religiously, this a must have feature even with performance hit. Thanks for the info!

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:03:54 +0000

Quote: I dont understand why would you want to enable indexing

You must enable it for Outlook search

By: NL12143

NL12143 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Another option is to profit fromn the fact that you’re on a server.

I highly recommend to install Search Server 2008 Express Edition.

Beware that its name is badly choosen.

It’s not a separate server installation.
It wil simply install on your server, i.e. workstation:
1) Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0
2) SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.

On top of that it installs search services with options to control beyond the standard Windows Search (e.g. let it index in nigthly hours to avoid using costly resources while you’re working).

By: Eri

Eri — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:32:00 +0000

I dont understand why would you want to enable indexing, it is one of the worst resource consumming services and should definately be left alone. As for searching it will work fine without this only that it will search the drives everytime you search, but I mean cmon unless you 3 million files this takes less than a min.

Arris: Some People want the indexing service to search their outlook email via the start menu. Others can leave this service off, because it can slow-down your system.