Searching still works, but it will simply take longer than with WDS
installed. There is a way to turn off the OneNote reminders as well. I
am not sure right now where that setting was and whether you could
switch it off in the UI, or whether you needed to set a registry key.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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"J-Mac" <jcmcgowan******.com> wrote in message
news:bgll23to0gmj1g7l5gcsfnmdah3u45jmet@4ax.com:

> I purchsed/installed OneNote 2007 last month and I really enjoy using
> it - very useful application.
>
> However I ran into some problems with Windows Desktop Search and
> finally had to uninstall it last night. I guess I'll find out soon
> enough, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me just how much of
> OneNote 2007's functionality is degraded by removing Windows Desktop
> Search and using OneNote 2007 without it?
>
> The reason I had to lose WDS is that it continually interferes with my
> ability to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking in Office applications. I use
> Dragon NaturallySpeaking rather than my keyboard as my input method
> due to a disability.
>
> The problem is that Windows Desktop Search is continually active
> in one way or another. Since installing WDS, Dragon
> NaturallySpeaking continually loses focus in Word 2003. Dictation can
> proceed, but neither my cursor nor any highlighting in Word 2003 and
> Outlook 2003 (using Word as an editor, as required by
> Dragon NS) are visible, making dictation extremely difficult.
> Pausing/suspending indexing in Desktop Search does not help, as the
> SearchIndexer process still runs and steals focus. Stopping the
> SearchIndexer process in the Windows Task Manager is unsuccessful
> because Windows Search runs as a service, so after ending the process
> the Search Indexer service is automatically restarted almost
> immediately.
>
> I manually stopped the service, thinking I would simply start it again
> later and let WDS index when I am not at the PC. But the service
> restarted automatically. Next I stopped the service again, and this
> time set the Recovery tab options from "Restart the service" after the
> first and second failures - the default setting is "Take No Action".
> Then I stopped the service manually again. Much to my surprise, the
> service still restarted in less than a minute. I then checked the
> dependencies for the Windows Search service, and found that it is
> controlled by Terminal Services>Remote Procedure Call. I can't stop
> those services without severe consequences - too many other
> applications and services would be affected. I don't know
> the consequences of breaking the dependency of the Windows Search
> service on the RPC service. I posted but received no responses in the
> Windows Desktop Search newsgroup, so I could find no other option and
> removed Windows Desktop Search from my PC altogether.
>
> Now I have OneNote 2007 running, but it has been prompting me to
> download and reinstall WDS ever since. I am not certain how
> negatively OneNote 2007 will be affected by the removal of WD Search.
>
> Any information on this is greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> J-Mac