Indexing - not indexing!

[Diamontina Cocktail]

A short time after I upgraded my XP Pro to Vista Business, I noted how
damned slow the machine was and turned off Indexing which helped the speed
enormously. Since that time I have decided (this is months later) to turn
indexing back on, which I did. However, though I clicked on the "set to
default" in Indexing options and then told it to rebuild the index AND left
the machine without anything other than Windows running overnight, the best
it could do was index 3 items. I have repeated all this a number of times
and it has not gotten any better, on occasion only making it to 2 items
indexed.

So, I was wondering if anyone may have a solution to this, please? Thanks.

 

[Kurt Herman]

Make sure for the drives you are trying to index, that you have your
specific user permissions set to full access, and that the ownership of the
disk and all sub files, is set to your default user (if you are the only
one). Vista is set up to make files belonging to other users on the same
machine not show up in everyone else's index. (Wouldn't be very secure if it
did! )

Kurt

 

[Diamontina Cocktail]

Thanks for the reply! Just checked permissions. I am the only user on this
machine but my logon name doesn't appear in there. I didn't expect it would
though. Everything in the permissions excepting for "Authenticated users"
has full control. I have set that to have it now, as well but don't expect
it to make any difference. Have you any other ideas?

 

[Kurt Herman]

You might also make sure that the search line is set to show results from
all users. In the start menu search bar, right click on the mag glass icon,
and choose properties. Choose customize start menu, and scroll down till you
find "Search Files" and make sure the "Search Entire Index" radio button is
activated.

Kurt