Windows Vista Search Compared to Windows Desktop Search

Hello Cerw1n,

Vista Search is built upon the engine that is currently the heart of the WDS 3.0 beta preview. 3.0 is different in that the indexer runs as a Windows Service and not a user-mode application. This means that each system requires only one index - regardless of the number of users.

Group policy support will not be provided with the release of WDS that will come packaged with Vista as Vista Search. It will, however, be supported with subsequent releases.

As for existing add-ins (like protocol handlers and IFilters) they will require updates in order to work with Vista Search. I'm looking into just what updates will be required now.

Paul Nystrom - MSFT

PaulNystrom-MSFT at 2007-10-8 >

What happened with the ability to index network locations?

Its a shame that that feature is not available if the folder doesn't have "Make Available Offline" activated. There are many shares in the network that i dont need to make available offline cause im connected all the time, I just want fast searching capabilities for those folder.

Please implement this again Micrsoft

r2d2 at 2007-10-8 >