Vista Search/Index not running

01-20-2008

Hi, my vista Home Premium has yet again got the index/search not working.
Start/Control panel/ Index Options, gives me a dialogue box that says the
index is not running and all the other functions are greyed out. I have had
this before and found that I had to reinstall Vista (a fix was expected early
08) I believe it is being caused by my external hard drive being removed and
the drive no longer is available to the Index?.
I have tried the "0 in SetupCompletedSuccessfully" fix, and copying the
gathrprm.txt and schema.txt files to the configure Folder.
I have a Sony VGN-FZ11z fully updated with Vista Home Premium.
I really don’t want to reinstall again, can anyone PLEASE help.
Thank

01-20-2008

Ensure that these are the services are running and set on Automatic: Windows
Search, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), DCOM Server Process Launcher.

Rebuild Index.

--
http://www.WinVistaClub.com

01-20-2008

Hi,
RPC, DCOM & Windows Search all on auto, but the Windows search service will
not start. A dialogue box come up:
"Windows could not start the Windows search service on Local Computer"
Error 3: The system could not find the path specified,
when I select start.

Help!!!!
& thanks.

HappyAndyK" wrote:

	Quote:
	> Ensure that these are the services are running and set on Automatic: Windows > Search, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), DCOM Server Process Launcher. > > Rebuild Index. > > -- > http://www.WinVistaClub.com > > >

**Brink** · 01-20-2008

Quote:

Mike

Hi,
RPC, DCOM & Windows Search all on auto, but the Windows search service will
not start. A dialogue box come up:
"Windows could not start the Windows search service on Local Computer"
Error 3: The system could not find the path specified,
when I select start.

Help!!!!
& thanks.

HappyAndyK" wrote:

Quote:

> Ensure that these are the services are running and set on Automatic: Windows
> Search, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), DCOM Server Process Launcher.
>
> Rebuild Index.
>
> --
> WinVistaClub : Microsoft Windows - News, Views, Tips, Security, Downloads, Features & More
>
>
>

Hi Mike,

Leave the service set as Automatic, then follow these steps here. When done, restart the computer. It should start the service and the Index.

Index - Windows Search Service

Shawn

01-25-2008

Hi Shawn, sorry this is the first chance Ive had to try the links
suggestions! Ive followed the instructions to the letter, but still no joy!
The only diffrence my system had to the instructions were, I didnt have an
Applications folder. I have added one to the Data folder now.

Thanks
Mike

"brink" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Mike;579461 Wrote:

Quote:

> > Hi,
> > RPC, DCOM & Windows Search all on auto, but the Windows search service
> > will
> > not start. A dialogue box come up:
> > "Windows could not start the Windows search service on Local Computer"
> > Error 3: The system could not find the path specified,
> > when I select start.
> >
> >
> > Help!!!!
> > & thanks.
> >
> >
> > HappyAndyK" wrote:

	Quote:
	> > > > > > > > > Ensure that these are the services are running and set on Automatic: > > > Windows > > > > Search, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), DCOM Server Process Launcher. > > > > > > > > Rebuild Index. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 'WinVistaClub : Microsoft Windows - News, Views, Tips, Security, > > > Downloads, Features & More' (http://www.WinVistaClub.com) > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Leave the service set as Automatic, then follow these steps here. When
> done, restart the computer. It should start the service and the Index.
>
> Index - Windows Search Service
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

**Brink** · 01-25-2008

Quote:

Mike

Hi Shawn, sorry this is the first chance Ive had to try the links
suggestions! Ive followed the instructions to the letter, but still no joy!
The only diffrence my system had to the instructions were, I didnt have an
Applications folder. I have added one to the Data folder now.

Thanks
Mike

"brink" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Mike;579461 Wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Leave the service set as Automatic, then follow these steps here. When
> done, restart the computer. It should start the service and the Index.
>
> Index - Windows Search Service
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

Mike,

I'm sorry to hear that it did not help you. You can do a System Restore using a restore point dated before the problem started.

System Restore - How to

If that still does not help, then you can do a Repair install. This will allow you to repair your Vista installation and keep your user account files, settings, and programs.

Repair Install For Vista

Shawn

01-27-2008

Hi, I ended up reinstalling Vista. What a hassel. So, my final question is,
should I not have enable the indexing on my external hard drive?. Is it
possible that by doing so, it had messed up the indexing?
Thanks
Mike

"Brink" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Mike;585222 Wrote:

Quote:

> > Hi Shawn, sorry this is the first chance Ive had to try the links
> > suggestions! Ive followed the instructions to the letter, but still no
> > joy!
> > The only diffrence my system had to the instructions were, I didnt have
> > an
> > Applications folder. I have added one to the Data folder now.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > "brink" wrote:

	Quote:
	> > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike;579461 Wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > > > > > Leave the service set as Automatic, then follow these steps here. > > > When > > > > done, restart the computer. It should start the service and the > > > Index. > > > > > > > > > > > Index - Windows Search Service > > > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > brink > > > > > > > > There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. > > > > 'Vista Forums' > > > > (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980) > > > > Please post feedback to help others. > > > > > >

>
> Mike,
>
> I'm sorry to hear that it did not help you. You can do a System
> Restore using a restore point dated before the problem started.
>
> System Restore - How to
>
> If that still does not help, then you can do a Repair install. This
> will allow you to repair your Vista installation and keep your user
> account files, settings, and programs.
>
> Repair Install For Vista
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

**Brink** · 01-27-2008

	Quote:	Mike
	Hi, I ended up reinstalling Vista. What a hassel. So, my final question is, should I not have enable the indexing on my external hard drive?. Is it possible that by doing so, it had messed up the indexing? Thanks Mike

Mike,

If you leave it connected and on with the computer on, I do not see how it could hurt anything. It may have errored out after the index tried to run when it was not connected. To be safe, I would leave the external drive off the added index locations and use the non-indexed search when doing searches on it.

Shawn

01-27-2008

Thanks for that, yes i will remember that for the future. thanks for your
time and help
Mike

"Brink" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Mike;587585 Wrote:

	Quote:
	> > Hi, I ended up reinstalling Vista. What a hassel. So, my final question > > is, > > should I not have enable the indexing on my external hard drive?. Is it > > possible that by doing so, it had messed up the indexing? > > Thanks > > Mike > > > >

>
> Mike,
>
> If you leave it connected and on with the computer on, I do not see how
> it could hurt anything. It may have errored out after the index tried to
> run when it was not connected. To be safe, I would leave the external
> drive off the added index locations and use the non-indexed search when
> doing searches on it.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

**Brink** · 01-27-2008

Quote:

Mike

Thanks for that, yes i will remember that for the future. thanks for your
time and help
Mike

"Brink" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Mike;587585 Wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> If you leave it connected and on with the computer on, I do not see how
> it could hurt anything. It may have errored out after the index tried to
> run when it was not connected. To be safe, I would leave the external
> drive off the added index locations and use the non-indexed search when
> doing searches on it.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

Your welcome Mike.

01-20-2008	#1 (permalink)
Mike Guest n/a posts	Vista Search/Index not running Hi, my vista Home Premium has yet again got the index/search not working. Start/Control panel/ Index Options, gives me a dialogue box that says the index is not running and all the other functions are greyed out. I have had this before and found that I had to reinstall Vista (a fix was expected early 08) I believe it is being caused by my external hard drive being removed and the drive no longer is available to the Index?. I have tried the "0 in SetupCompletedSuccessfully" fix, and copying the gathrprm.txt and schema.txt files to the configure Folder. I have a Sony VGN-FZ11z fully updated with Vista Home Premium. I really don’t want to reinstall again, can anyone PLEASE help. Thank
My System Specs

01-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
HappyAndyK Guest n/a posts	RE: Vista Search/Index not running Ensure that these are the services are running and set on Automatic: Windows Search, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), DCOM Server Process Launcher. Rebuild Index. -- http://www.WinVistaClub.com
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