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Windows Search 4.0 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer. 

The search engine in Windows Search 4.0 is a Microsoft Windows service that is also used by programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007. You can use this search engine to index a program's content and to obtain instant results when you search in a particular program. 

Windows Search 4.0 includes the following improvements:

  • Support for indexing encrypted documents of local file systems
  • Reduced affect on Microsoft Exchange when you index e-mail in online mode, and there is no local cache (.ost)
  • Support for indexing online delegate mailboxes
  • Support for client-to-client remote query to shared indexed locations
  • Improved indexing performance
  • Faster previewer updates for Windows XP
  • Per-user Group Policy settings
  • Windows software updates for Watson errors
  • Support for the following new enterprise Group Policy objects:

 

Computer policies

    • Prevent adding Universal Naming Convention (UNC) locations to index from Control Panel
    • Prevent customizing indexed locations in Control Panel
    • Prevent automatically adding shared folders to the index
    • Allow for indexing of encrypted files
    • Disable indexer back-off
    • Prevent clients from querying the index remotely
    • Allow for indexing of online delegate mailboxes
    • Prevent adding user-specified locations to the All Locations menu
    • Enable throttling for online mail indexing

 

Per-user policies

    • Prevent adding UNC locations to the index from Control Panel
    • Prevent customizing indexed locations in Control Panel
    • Prevent indexing certain paths
    • Default indexed paths
    • Default excluded paths

Windows Search 4.0 packages include the following:

  • The Group Policy template (Search.adm or Search.admx /l) for managing Group Policy objects that span multiple versions of Windows Desktop Search and Windows Search
  • The Add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 packages 

    This add-in is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

918996  Availability of the Windows Desktop Search add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks

This add-in lets Windows Search index redirected "My Documents" folders. This add-in also lets Windows Search index shared items on remote networks. By default, this add-in is included for supported 32-bit operating systems.

When you install the Windows Search 4.0 packages, you also install the following items:

  • XmlLite 

    For more information about XmlLite, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

915865  The XmlLite update package is available for 32-bit versions of Windows XP with Service Pack 2

914783  The XmlLite update package is available for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

  • IFilters

    For more information about IFilters, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

915800  A hotfix is available for Windows Desktop Search document IFilters in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Windows Search 4.0 supports the following operating systems:

  • 32-bit versions of Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
  • 64-bit versions of Windows Vista with SP1
  • 32-bit versions of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or a later version
  • 64-bit versions of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or a later version
  • 32-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 with SP2
  • 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 with SP2
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Home Server

The Windows Search 4.0 installation process automatically upgrades Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 2.6 and later versions of WDS. If you are running a version of WDS that is earlier than WDS 2.6, use the Add or Remove Programs tool to remove the earlier version before you install Windows Search 4.0. 

Note To install Windows Search 4.0 successfully on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, Terminal Services must be running on the computer. Also, Terminal Services must be running for Windows Search 4.0 to function correctly. By default, Terminal Services is configured to start automatically. However, it may have been disabled manually or by third-party software. If Terminal Services is disabled, the installation of Windows Search 4.0 will fail with error code 643. 

To determine the status of Terminal Services, and start the service if it is disabled, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then press ENTER.
  2. Locate Terminal Services.
  3. If the Status of the service is not set to Started, right-click the service, and then clickProperties.
  4. In the Startup type list, click Automatic, click Apply, and then click Start.

    Note If the installation of Windows Search 4.0 was not successful because Terminal Services was disabled on the computer, you can now restart the installation of Windows Search 4.0.

For Windows Search 4.0 administration and troubleshooting guides, visit the following Microsoft Technet Web sites:

Windows Search 4.0 Administrator's Guide
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/f98696ed-6e3e-47b7-ab38-511439bce7ae1033.mspx?mfr=true

Windows Search 4.0 Troubleshooting Guide
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/84c1c305-baaa-4352-b55a-45daaebf18df1033.mspx?mfr=true

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: 

Download

Download the 32-bit Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 package now.

Note The 32-bit Windows Vista package and the Windows Server 2008 package contain resources for 36 languages.

Download

Download the 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 package now.

Note The 64-bit Windows Vista package and the Windows Server 2008 package contain resources for 36 languages. 

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Download the 32-bit Windows XP package now.

Note The 32-bit Windows XP package contains 22 stand-alone language installers. This includes English.

Download

Download the x64-based Windows XP package now.

Note The 64-bit Windows XP package contains 10 stand-alone language installers. This includes English.

Download

Download the 32-bit Windows Server 2003 and Windows Home Server package now.

Note The 32-bit Windows Server 2003 package and the Windows Home Server package contains 22 stand-alone language installers. This includes English.

Download

Download the x64-based Windows Server 2003 package now.

Note The 64-bit Windows Server 2003 package contains 10 stand-alone language installers. This includes English. 

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591   How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. 

For more information about Windows Search, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/default.mspx

 

The Multilingual User Interface Pack for Windows Search 4.0

The MUI package for Windows XP and for Windows Server 2003 contain an English (EN-US ENU) package installer that also contains resources for the following 30 languages:

  • Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR PTB)
  • Bulgarian (bg-BG BGR)
  • Chinese – Simplified (zh-CN CHS)
  • Chinese – Traditional (zh-TW CHT)
  • Croatian (hr-HR HRV)
  • Czech (cs-CZ CSY)
  • Danish (da-DK DAN)
  • Dutch (nl-NL NLD)
  • Estonian (et-EE ETI)
  • Finnish (fi-FI FIN)
  • French (fr-FR FRA)
  • German (de-DE DEU)
  • Greek (el-GR ELL)
  • Hungarian (hu-HU HUN)
  • Italian (it-IT ITA)
  • Japanese (ja-JP JPN)
  • Korean (ko-KR KOR)
  • Latvian (lv-LV LVI)
  • Lithuanian (lt-LT LTH)
  • Norwegian - Bokmål (nb-NO NOR)
  • Polish (pl-PL PLK)
  • Portuguese (pt-PT PTG)
  • Romanian (ro-RO ROM)
  • Russian (ru-RU RUS)
  • Slovak (sk-SK SKY)
  • Slovenian (sl-SI SLV)
  • Spanish (es-ES ESN)
  • Swedish (sv-SE SVE)
  • Thai (th-TH THA)
  • Turkish (tr-TR TRK)

The Windows Search 4.0 MUI installation process automatically upgrades the earlier versions of the WDS 2.6 MUI and later versions of the WDS MUI. If you have an English version of Windows and the Windows MUI and if you have an earlier version of WDS that was a stand-alone non-English installation, use the Add or Remove Programs tool to remove the earlier version before you install the Windows Search 4.0 MUI. 

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: 

Download

Download the Multilingual User Interface Pack for Windows Search 4.0 Preview for Windows Server 2003 (KB940157) package now.

Note The MUI for Windows Server 2003 contains resources for 30 languages. 

Download

Download the Multilingual User Interface Pack for Windows Search 4.0 Preview for Windows XP (KB940157) package now.

Note The MUI for Windows XP contains resources for 30 languages.

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591   How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

 

APPLIES TO

  • Windows Vista Service Pack 1, when used with:
    • Windows Vista Ultimate
    • Windows Vista Home Premium
    • Windows Vista Home Basic
    • Windows Vista Enterprise
    • Windows Vista Business
    • Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition
    • Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit Edition
    • Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition
    • Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
    • Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Windows Desktop Search
  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
  • Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard
  • Windows Home Server
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