Jul

23

Windows Search 4.0 Is Here

Filed Under Microsoft 

Windows Search 4.0 lets you perform an instant search of your computer.

Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.

The search engine in Windows Search 4.0 is a Microsoft Windows service that is also used by programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007.

You can use this search engine to index a program’s content and to obtain instant results when you search in a particular program.

Windows Search 4.0 includes the following improvements:

# Support for indexing encrypted documents of local file systems
# Reduced affect on Microsoft Exchange when you index e-mail in online mode, and there is no local cache (.ost)
# Support for indexing online delegate mailboxes
# Support for client-to-client remote query to shared indexed locations
# Improved indexing performance
# Faster previewer updates for Windows XP
# Per-user Group Policy settings
# Windows software updates for Watson errors
# Support for the new enterprise Group Policy objects

Windows Search 4.0 supports the following operating systems:

# 32-bit versions of Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
# 64-bit versions of Windows Vista with SP1
# 32-bit versions of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or a later version
# 64-bit versions of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or a later version
# 32-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 with SP2
# 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 with SP2
# Windows Server 2008
# Windows Home Server

Microsoft plan to release Windows Search 4.0 this week via Windows Update and Automatic Updates.

Enjoy!

Marc Liron

 

 

 

 

Kind Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
www.marcliron.com

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