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.
--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"Petter" <Petter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F66910B7-F4FC-4DE3-B10E-D9E2621F5EB8@microsoft.com...
> 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!
>>