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/micro...cdfc94bba8be5f
"Petter" wrote:
> 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!
> >