NETWORK FILE INDEXING ADDED TO VISTA

Dec 20, 2006 | search, Vista

My first impression was that the Vista developers had left Vista in a crippled state, unable to index shared network folders, but apparently they were just running late. Today Microsoft released a Vista-compatible add-in for Windows Desktop Search for indexing mapped...

NETWORK FILE INDEXING MISSING FROM VISTA (superseded 12/19/06)

Dec 13, 2006 | network, search, Vista

EDIT: On December 19, Microsoft released an add-in to index files on network shares in Windows Vista. See this comment.ORIGINAL POST:Windows Vista cannot index files on a network share. It cannot do instant searches for text in files stored on a network server.This is...

WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH – VERSION CONFUSION

Dec 3, 2006 | search

Windows Desktop Search is the invaluable technology from Microsoft that indexes Outlook folders and documents for lightning-fast searches – the same technology that underlies many features of Windows Vista.Here’s a bit of confusion that fortunately...

WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH 3.0

Oct 25, 2006 | search

Microsoft has released a significant upgrade to its Windows Desktop Search program. It should now be considered a core component of Windows XP and should be installed on every computer. (Exactly the same technology is a core component of Windows Vista, inseparable...

DESKTOP SEARCH UPDATE

Apr 14, 2006 | Outlook, search

There are several programs that can index your files and Outlook folders and allow you to find something in them instantly – a name, a scrap of text, a number. It is liberating and exciting to know that you can retrieve a bit of information as readily from your...

WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH

Mar 15, 2006 | Outlook, search

Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows Desktop Search, its program for indexing files and Outlook folders for lightning-fast searches. Here’s the home page for Windows Desktop Search.It’s become an impressive program. It permits searches of...