> add me to the list of unhappy index users. or FORMER index users. I've
> turned off the service.

You did a wise thing...

Wise as in things Vista fanboys are incapable of! lol

"David" <david@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Charlie Tame wrote:
>> And I thought it was just me.
>>
>> If you right click on a disk drive Icon there's another form of indexing
>> going on, seems like they really didn't want you to turn it off, but
>> unless you search constantly what's the point? If you search say once a
>> week for something you lost it takes 5 minutes with XP, with Vista the
>> ****ed indexing takes weeks. That adds up to an awful lot of 5 minute
>> sessions.
>>
>> It's even more ridiculous when the resulting search can't find anything
>> :)
>>
>>
>> Wala Wala wrote:
>>> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:16:04 -0700, nlreeves
>>> <nlreeves@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You are not the only one.
>>> Vista search tool is BLIND. I'm looking at a file which I had to
>>> search manually, and still vista cannot find it. All this hoopla about
>>> indexing and disk thrashing that I had to endure for months was all in
>>> vain.
>>> Vista Search is totally worthless.
>>>
>>>> I have been extremely frustrated with the new, "improved" search tool.
>>>> I routinely search for dates and times files were accessed, created, or
>>>> modified. The search for "accessed" no longer exists, as near as I can
>>>> tell. What I am searching for, often, is creation, access, or
>>>> modification of system files. There have been numerous times when I
>>>> use the Advanced Search capabilities to search everything (including
>>>> hidden and system files) , it takes forever (since much of that stuff
>>>> is not indexed) and comes up blank. I take a look manually (after
>>>> jumping through all sorts of hoops to be granted access to even look at
>>>> my own files), and easily find a dozen files that fit the search
>>>> criteria.
>>>>
>>>> It may be better at searching within files (which the old search tool
>>>> only pretended to be able to do), but is is a shadow of its former self
>>>> with respect to the functions I routinely used it to perform.
>>>>
>>>> Nancy
>>>>
>>>> "JethroUK©" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Despite Vista search being hailed (by Microsoft) as 'a main feature',
>>>>> Vista search has bugs - such that some things it simply can not find
>>>>>
>>>>> A search system that can not find 'some' things is as useless as one
>>>>> that can not find 'any' things
>>>>>
>>>>> Are Microsoft working around the clock to fix it? Will it be fixed by
>>>>> Monday? Am I the only person that thinks this renders the whole O/S
>>>>> close to scrap?
>>>>>
> add me to the list of unhappy index users. or FORMER index users. I've
> turned off the service.