Problems with Srearch 4.0 in XP Sp3

[Dave and Rosanna]

Hello,
is this the appropriate group to ask questions about search 4.0 ?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/choose/windowssearch4.mspx


I find it to be most unreliable. At least once a week it gets corrupted and
has to reindex everything.
To add insult to injury, all the custom indexed locations I've set get lost,
and I have to re-add all those
locations. Please advise if there are any tips, tricks or other
considerations.

Dave

 

[Shenan Stanley]

is this the appropriate group to ask questions about search 4.0 ?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/choose/windowssearch4.mspx


I find it to be most unreliable. At least once a week it gets
corrupted and has to reindex everything.
To add insult to injury, all the custom indexed locations I've set
get lost, and I have to re-add all those
locations. Please advise if there are any tips, tricks or other
considerations.

My recommendation stays the same...

Don't use/install Windows Search 3.x/4.x on Windows XP of any service pack
version. While others may have had differing experiences - mine is that it
is not worth it.

 

[Roy Smith]

Hello,
is this the appropriate group to ask questions about search 4.0 ?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/choose/windowssearch4.mspx


I find it to be most unreliable. At least once a week it gets corrupted and
has to reindex everything.
To add insult to injury, all the custom indexed locations I've set get lost,
and I have to re-add all those
locations. Please advise if there are any tips, tricks or other
considerations.

The best thing you can do is uninstall it and go with Google desktop.

 

[Dave and Rosanna]

Thanks Roy and Shenan,
yours are the first posts I've seen corroborating what, deep down, I
suspected.
This seems to be one of the poorest things put out by MS is a while?
Perhaps on a par with Windows ME?