Vista - Search Indexer Option buttons greyed out

Hi,

following an exchange of movable discs I wanted to update the settings of Windows Search Indexing.

The frame for setting the Options remains empty, 'waiting for receiving indexingstatus' (or similar) .

Change and Advanced buttons are greyed out.

The service is running and shown in Device Task Manager.

Any suggestions howto activate/repair the settings buttons again?

Looking forward,

Maria

Vista Home Premium, no SP1 yet

Hi all,

just happened to find this great article:

Index - Windows Search Service

of which chapter 2, "Reset the Index in the Registry:"
did the trick.

Hope it works for you too.

Ciao, Maria


"MPS" <maria.steyn@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht news:%23m$0DFhwIHA.3384@xxxxxx
Hi,

following an exchange of movable discs I wanted to update the settings of Windows Search Indexing.

The frame for setting the Options remains empty, 'waiting for receiving indexingstatus' (or similar) .

Change and Advanced buttons are greyed out.

The service is running and shown in Device Task Manager.

Any suggestions howto activate/repair the settings buttons again?

Looking forward,

Maria

Vista Home Premium, no SP1 yet

The Advanced tab is unavailable in the Indexing Options item in Control Panel:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934646

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"MPS" <maria.steyn@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:egdDGDiwIHA.2360@xxxxxx
Hi all,

just happened to find this great article:

Index - Windows Search Service

of which chapter 2, "Reset the Index in the Registry:"
did the trick.

Hope it works for you too.

Ciao, Maria


"MPS" <maria.steyn@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht news:%23m$0DFhwIHA.3384@xxxxxx
Hi,

following an exchange of movable discs I wanted to update the settings of Windows Search Indexing.

The frame for setting the Options remains empty, 'waiting for receiving indexingstatus' (or similar) .

Change and Advanced buttons are greyed out.

The service is running and shown in Device Task Manager.

Any suggestions howto activate/repair the settings buttons again?

Looking forward,

Maria

Vista Home Premium, no SP1 yet

THank you. In my case the diagnosis "Additionally, the Windows Desktop Search service does not
start." was not true i.e. it was running albeit unsuccessful.

The

Index - Windows Search Service

of which chapter 2, "Reset the Index in the Registry:"
did the trick.

Ciao, Maria



"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht
news:eDMx1QiwIHA.5288@xxxxxx
The Advanced tab is unavailable in the Indexing Options item in Control Panel:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934646

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"MPS" <maria.steyn@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:egdDGDiwIHA.2360@xxxxxx
Hi all,

just happened to find this great article:

Index - Windows Search Service

of which chapter 2, "Reset the Index in the Registry:"
did the trick.

Hope it works for you too.

Ciao, Maria


"MPS" <maria.steyn@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht
news:%23m$0DFhwIHA.3384@xxxxxx
Hi,

following an exchange of movable discs I wanted to update the settings of Windows Search Indexing.

The frame for setting the Options remains empty, 'waiting for receiving indexingstatus' (or similar)
..

Change and Advanced buttons are greyed out.

The service is running and shown in Device Task Manager.

Any suggestions howto activate/repair the settings buttons again?

Looking forward,

Maria

Vista Home Premium, no SP1 yet