Vista Search not working, options greyed out - how do I get it bac

[Guest]

Office2007 and Vista search are not working any more on my machine. The
indexing service is running, but the control panel search options just keep
telling me it is waiting to receive indexing status, and all buttons are
greyed out (but cance ).

Is there a way to perhaps reset the indexing options, delete any indexes
that may be there and set it all up from scratch without reinstalling Vista
(which otherwise works beautifully by the way).

I suspect a low disk condition may be the cause of this error, but I no
longer have such a condition on the machine.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Guest]

I am having the same issue. Disk space is not a problem. Indexing is still
runnig and functioning in both Outlook and Vista. I just cannot rebuild the
index or change any of the options.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Petter

Go to the following website for a good tutorial on configuring and
rebuilding the Search Index.

Indexing Options - Vista x64 Forums:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69581-indexing-options.html?ltr=I

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much, Ronny, but unfortunately the problem is with image 1 on
the page you suggested. I get a message saying "Waiting to receive indexing
status..." and all buttons but close are greyed out.

Clearly Windows is confused and some sort of manual reset + deleting of
indexes seems in order, but how do I do that?

Petter

 

[Guest]

The following action mentioned in the enclosed thred solved this issue for me:

If you are comfortable modifying the registry you can set the value of the
key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
Search\SetupCompletedSuccessfully to 0 and then reboot. This will delete
everything the indexer has currently indexed and start again.

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ndexing+status"+vista&rnum=1#69cdfc94bba8be5f

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Petter

Still in the process of researching this problem. In the mean time, try
this:

Open Windows Explorer, right click the system drive (Usually C and click
Properties. In the General Tab, make sure that "Index this drive for faster
searching" is checked.

 

[Guest]

This did the trick. Thank you so much, Tim for finding this fix. Seems to me
MS needs to put a "panic button" or better still have a more graceful
recovery from this problem.

Petter

 

[Donn Hatch]

thanks for the tip; it worked. I even reinstalled vista and couldn't get it
working. Many thanks!

 

[Barrie]

Ronnie, This is an old thread but I am hoping you can help me. I have a new
reinstall of Vista Home Premium. Also a new reinstall of Office 2007. I can
conduct a file search in Explorer but not in Outlook. When I go to Control
Panel|Indexing Options it says Indexing not running and there is nothing in
the box. All buttons below are greyed out.
I looked at the tutuorial link you recommend but it is for a 64-bit version
of Vista and does not track with my 32-bit version. Where do I go from here
(chkdsk says all is well).