Agent Ransack: how is it so fast? Does it use the XP indexes built by index service?

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After six months of sporadically trying to get the Windows XP search
function to use the indexes built by the active indexing service, I
gave up. I feel like an idiot: The service is obviously building the
index, but when I search for files (not for contents) it takes so
long, XP is obviously not using the index. As for the suggestions to
use the complex syntax of the query language, I can't be bothered when
I just want to do a file search. It is hard to imagine a more basic
operation.

So I installed AgentRansack. I ran a search, and the results were
almost immediate. Prior to installation, I was assuming that this
program would build an index, but since I got an almost immediate
answer from searches right after I installed it, I am confused. Does
it use the XP index built by the index service (in which case I will
not deactivate that service)? I can'f find an answer on the agent
ransack site, so I ask here.
 
Tim said:
So I installed AgentRansack. I ran a search, and the results were
almost immediate. Prior to installation, I was assuming that this
program would build an index, but since I got an almost immediate
answer from searches right after I installed it, I am confused. Does
it use the XP index built by the index service (in which case I will
not deactivate that service)? I can'f find an answer on the agent
ransack site, so I ask here.
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Hi

No, it does not use the index service...
 
Tim Richardson said:

After six months of sporadically trying to get the Windows XP search
function to use the indexes built by the active indexing service, I
gave up. I feel like an idiot: The service is obviously building the
index, but when I search for files (not for contents) it takes so
long, XP is obviously not using the index. As for the suggestions to
use the complex syntax of the query language, I can't be bothered when
I just want to do a file search. It is hard to imagine a more basic
operation.

So I installed AgentRansack. I ran a search, and the results were
almost immediate. Prior to installation, I was assuming that this
program would build an index, but since I got an almost immediate
answer from searches right after I installed it, I am confused. Does
it use the XP index built by the index service (in which case I will
not deactivate that service)? I can'f find an answer on the agent
ransack site, so I ask here.
Click to expand...

I don't have the indexer inabled, and A.R. is lightning fast. That indicates
to me that it does not depend upon XP's search in any way.
 
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