Hello, my Indexing Service is not working. The options are grayed out
Also my Windows Search service does not start. When I try to start it, I get these errors in the event log:



1. "The Windows Search Service cannot open the Jet property store.
Details:
The content index server cannot update or access information because of a database error. Stop and restart the search service. If the problem persists, reset and recrawl the content index. In some cases it may be necessary to delete and recreate the content index. (0x8004117f)"


2. "The Windows Search Service has failed to created the new system catalog. Internal error <4,0x8004117f>."

I'm totally lost as how to solve this problem. I spent hours on the web trying to find a solution, with no luck sofar. Anyone here who has a clue how to solve this one?

Emphyrio.

Was this a clean install, or an upgrade from XP.
What sort of HDD arrangement.
More details would be helpful.

Which HP Pavillion? Is it completely as stock, have you added anything?
Do you know which version of Vista is installed?
Has this been a problem since you have had the computer or has it just cropped up? Have you changed any settings to try to fix this?
Have you checked the HP website and forums to see if others have had this problem?
Did you partition the HDD or did HP?

Have you tried turning these services on manually? Or have you looked at your services list and seen that they were indicating that they are on?
Right click on Computer from the start menu and select Manage, go down to Services and Applications, then chose Services and a list of services will be in the main window. Look around for likely suspects; for instance Superfetch, mine is indicating Started and Automatic for startup type.
There is also a tab at the bottom that will show you more services and on mine there is one that says Windows Search which shows that it is Started and Automatic.
Someone here is likely to tell you which specific services should be started in your case.
To start them right click on the service.