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Windows 7 - Windows Desktop Search...NG...! |
04-06-2011
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Windows Desktop Search...NG...! I am trying to find/install Windows Desktop Search for 64 bit Home Pro. When I download the version from MS, it says it is not applicable to my computer. What am I doin/not doing to cause this. The version on MS download page says for Vista and server 08 or something. Is there a version out there for Windows 7...?
Unclepine in Winterpeg
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number custom OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Intel i5 2.6 Motherboard P7P55 Asus Memory 4gb Graphics Card ATI 5770 1gb mem Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays 20" Samsung PSU 650 watt Case Antec 900 Cooling 4 fans incl 200 mm top mount Hard Drives 500gb Seagate |
04-06-2011
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#2 | | Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate |
You don't need to download anything. Windows search is built into the system. You can check if it is enabled by going to "Control Panel", "Programs and Features";
More information and how to use; http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...windows-search
Regards....Mike Connor | My System Specs | | OS Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate |
04-06-2011
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Thanks Mike. It was turned on. I was under the impression from another blog that it was a specific software. I guess I was hoping the built in search would be a bit more exacting. It seems I can't search for individual files from folders on my desktop...? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number custom OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Intel i5 2.6 Motherboard P7P55 Asus Memory 4gb Graphics Card ATI 5770 1gb mem Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays 20" Samsung PSU 650 watt Case Antec 900 Cooling 4 fans incl 200 mm top mount Hard Drives 500gb Seagate |
04-06-2011
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Many thanks Mike, you are a gentleman and a scholar as they say...! Will check back tomorrow, gotta hit the sack.
Thanks again,
Laurie | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number custom OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Intel i5 2.6 Motherboard P7P55 Asus Memory 4gb Graphics Card ATI 5770 1gb mem Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays 20" Samsung PSU 650 watt Case Antec 900 Cooling 4 fans incl 200 mm top mount Hard Drives 500gb Seagate |
04-06-2011
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#6 | | Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate |

Quote: Originally Posted by unclepine Many thanks Mike, you are a gentleman and a scholar as they say...! Will check back tomorrow, gotta hit the sack.
Thanks again,
Laurie My pleasure.
Regards....Mike Connor | My System Specs | | OS Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate |
04-07-2011
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I got it...!!! Thanks for the help Mike. I poked around in the control panel and such, and found a couple other things that were unchecked and rebooted the system and now I can find darn near EVERYTHING...!! Sweet...!
You da man, will return often if needed, great site for us 'ol farts that are forgetful and no where NEAR as sharp as the youngins...
Cheers, Laurie | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number custom OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Intel i5 2.6 Motherboard P7P55 Asus Memory 4gb Graphics Card ATI 5770 1gb mem Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays 20" Samsung PSU 650 watt Case Antec 900 Cooling 4 fans incl 200 mm top mount Hard Drives 500gb Seagate |
04-07-2011
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#8 | | Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate |
Great to hear it turned out well for you.
Regards....Mike Connor | My System Specs | | OS Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate |
09-21-2011
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WinDsktopSearch 4.0 is not replacement for WDS3.x The solution provided doesn't work -- if one wants WDS 3.X x64, then referring the user to the builtin Windows 7 v4 desktop search isn't a solution as it is a downgrade in functionality.
WDS 3.0 was released with the major feature being:
Windows Desktop Search 3.0 that adds: support for indexing UNC files.
WDS 4.0 removed the ability to index UNC files and, instead, added the ability to read remote Microsoft-indexes of UNC files. Meaning any remote file that isn't on an expensive MS Server won't be in any index.
Amusingly, even though WDS4.0 "can't index remote UNC files directly", their Windows Home Security V2.0 product has no problem examining each file for possible infections with no requirement for remote index support.
Amazing that examining remote files for thousands of specific signatures, can be done but user-searching is disabled. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Split: Dell, Backend, PowerEdge P610 for disk/server & Frontend, Precision 7500 for GUI+multimedia OS linux(SuSE-64),Win7-64 CPU 2 Quad Xeon Core2's; 1-6core Xeon (3.4GHz;12MB-L3); Motherboard Intel Memory 48G server, 48G desktop (both w/ 1333MHz memory) Graphics Card Nvidia GTX 590 (SLI card) Sound Card Audigy Theater (DTS+ 5.1Dolby Digital over HDMI+S/PDIF) Monitor(s) Displays DELL 3008WFP + Sharp 55" LCD Screen Resolution 2560x1600+1920x1080 Keyboard http://www.comfortkeyboard.com/keyboards_comfort.html Mouse 2(R+L) Kensington Expert Trackballs + Wacom Intuos4 tablet PSU Dell (dual PS's on each of server and external disks) Case Dell Cooling Dell (redundant on server) Hard Drives (disk server)
2 LSI SAS 12-Bay w/6GBSAS RAID-50 controller -- w/12 SATA Hitachi 2TB Ultrastars in each
5 Hitachi 2TB SATA Ultrastar HW-RAID5 internal
3 Fujitsu-RAID5 144GB 15K SAS - internal boot
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