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
"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
> Petter
>
> Go to the following website for a good tutorial on configuring and
> rebuilding the Search Index.
>
> Indexing Options - Vista x64 Forums:
> Indexing Options
>
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Petter" <Petter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D4F7ACD-A7FB-41FF-A630-8D85F294F4D6@microsoft.com...
> > 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!
>