JethroUK© wrote:
> I read this in the help menu:
>
>
> "....Can I turn the Windows search index on or off?
>
> No, the index can't be turned off or paused.
>
> The Windows search index improves the efficiency of your searches by
> keeping....."
>
> How did you manage to turn of indexing??
>
>
>
> "JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message
> news:OJbFxqW%23HHA.4784@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "David" <david@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:gLqdndkLV6YPQnDbnZ2dnUVZ_sCtnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> Mick Murphy wrote:
>>>> Vista search is great. It is one of the many things that I like
>>>> about Vista.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> LOL! that's great that it works on your machine. I"ve had to
>>> disable it on mine. Even tried rebuilding the index. no joy. so i
>>> run with indexing service turned off. NOW Vista can find files. It
>>> never worked right, "right out of the box" on a new laptop. updates
>>> the past few months have not fixed it. dont even get me started on
>>> all the features that MS dropped from Vista. and the ones that
>>> remain are of dubious value, at best. this OS is one of the worst
>>> they have produced. DOS 4.0, Windows Me, and now Vista. Good
>>> ones: DOS 6.22, XP.
>>>
>>
>> Are you saying I can turn off indexing and go back to normal search
>> (like XP)? - If so, how do i go about it?
>
heck yes, u can turn off indexing!!!!
just go to services.msc and turn off the service. you'll be a much
happier Vista user, once that worthless "service" is disabled. Now
you'll fnd that explorer can actually find stuff! :)

and there's always Google Desktop search, but I don't like it that much
because i like large icons in Explorer better than the search results
returned by GDS.

Dave

JethroUK© wrote:
> I read this in the help menu:
>
>
> "....Can I turn the Windows search index on or off?
>
> No, the index can't be turned off or paused.
>
> The Windows search index improves the efficiency of your searches by
> keeping....."
>
> How did you manage to turn of indexing??
>
>
>
> "JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message
> news:OJbFxqW%23HHA.4784@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "David" <david@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:gLqdndkLV6YPQnDbnZ2dnUVZ_sCtnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> Mick Murphy wrote:
>>>> Vista search is great. It is one of the many things that I like
>>>> about Vista.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> LOL! that's great that it works on your machine. I"ve had to
>>> disable it on mine. Even tried rebuilding the index. no joy. so i
>>> run with indexing service turned off. NOW Vista can find files. It
>>> never worked right, "right out of the box" on a new laptop. updates
>>> the past few months have not fixed it. dont even get me started on
>>> all the features that MS dropped from Vista. and the ones that
>>> remain are of dubious value, at best. this OS is one of the worst
>>> they have produced. DOS 4.0, Windows Me, and now Vista. Good
>>> ones: DOS 6.22, XP.
>>>
>>
>> Are you saying I can turn off indexing and go back to normal search
>> (like XP)? - If so, how do i go about it?
>
heck yes, u can turn off indexing!!!!
just go to services.msc and turn off the service. you'll be a much
happier Vista user, once that worthless "service" is disabled. Now
you'll fnd that explorer can actually find stuff! :)

and there's always Google Desktop search, but I don't like it that much
because i like large icons in Explorer better than the search results
returned by GDS.

Dave

JethroUK© wrote:
> I read this in the help menu:
>
>
> "....Can I turn the Windows search index on or off?
>
> No, the index can't be turned off or paused.
>
> The Windows search index improves the efficiency of your searches by
> keeping....."
>
> How did you manage to turn of indexing??
>
>
>
> "JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message
> news:OJbFxqW%23HHA.4784@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "David" <david@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:gLqdndkLV6YPQnDbnZ2dnUVZ_sCtnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> Mick Murphy wrote:
>>>> Vista search is great. It is one of the many things that I like
>>>> about Vista.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> LOL! that's great that it works on your machine. I"ve had to
>>> disable it on mine. Even tried rebuilding the index. no joy. so i
>>> run with indexing service turned off. NOW Vista can find files. It
>>> never worked right, "right out of the box" on a new laptop. updates
>>> the past few months have not fixed it. dont even get me started on
>>> all the features that MS dropped from Vista. and the ones that
>>> remain are of dubious value, at best. this OS is one of the worst
>>> they have produced. DOS 4.0, Windows Me, and now Vista. Good
>>> ones: DOS 6.22, XP.
>>>
>>
>> Are you saying I can turn off indexing and go back to normal search
>> (like XP)? - If so, how do i go about it?
>
heck yes, u can turn off indexing!!!!
just go to services.msc and turn off the service. you'll be a much
happier Vista user, once that worthless "service" is disabled. Now
you'll fnd that explorer can actually find stuff! :)

and there's always Google Desktop search, but I don't like it that much
because i like large icons in Explorer better than the search results
returned by GDS.

Dave

Ron K. wrote:
> Okay, Okay you're ripping on something that you have no idea how it even
> works? DUH!
>
>
>
>
and if you think Vista's indexing works correctly than YOU are the one
who has no idea. Vista's search function is NOT ready for prime time,
my friend. We don't need to spend months or years figuring that one out.

Dave

Ron K. wrote:
> Okay, Okay you're ripping on something that you have no idea how it even
> works? DUH!
>
>
>
>
and if you think Vista's indexing works correctly than YOU are the one
who has no idea. Vista's search function is NOT ready for prime time,
my friend. We don't need to spend months or years figuring that one out.

Dave

Ron K. wrote:
> Okay, Okay you're ripping on something that you have no idea how it even
> works? DUH!
>
>
>
>
and if you think Vista's indexing works correctly than YOU are the one
who has no idea. Vista's search function is NOT ready for prime time,
my friend. We don't need to spend months or years figuring that one out.

Dave