Brad

Hello Nevet,
I'm having the exact same problem you mentioned. Have you found a "fix" for
getting the Windows Search service started? If so, I would be very
interested in knowing what you found.

Thanks in advance,
Brad

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"Nevet" wrote:

> Running Vista Home Premium, recently reinstalled back to factory settings
> after having all sorts of software problems and errors. Now Indexing and
> Windows Search are not running and cannot be started.
>
> In Control Panel, Indexing Options: "Indexing is not running." The list of
> indexed locations is empty, "Modify" and "Advanced" buttons are grayed out,
> leaving "Close" as the only option.
>
> In Services Manager, Windows Search, clicking "Start the Service" generated
> this message: "Windows could not start the Windows Search on Local Computer.
> For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft
> service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code
> -2147218141."
>
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications and
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp (mentioned in another thread on a
> similar issue) are empty.
>
> Outlook 2007 is also not indexing or searching correctly--is that the same
> problem or unrelated?
>
> Thanks for any help or advice!
>
> --Nevet