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Desktop Search on the Win7 Engineering blog
23 October 08 05:18 PM | Brandon Live!

About a week ago we posted an entry to the Windows 7 Engineering Team Blog about Windows Desktop Search, describing the motivation behind indexing files and what investments we’re making in that area of the system. It’s a good read so check...

Filed under: Windows Vista, Microsoft, Desktop Search, Windows Shell, WDS Development, Search, WS4, Windows Search Blogs, Windows 7

Indexer Status gadget updated
08 October 08 10:29 PM | Brandon Live!

I updated my Windows Search indexer gadget with a couple of fixes.  If you run the gadget, you may want to update in order to fix issues with the play and fast-forward (“index now”) buttons not properly reflecting the state of the indexer back-off...

Filed under: Windows Vista, Desktop Search, Windows Shell, WDS Development, WS4

Windows Search 4 vs Vista built-in search
07 June 08 11:32 PM | Brandon Live!

When I first posted about the WS4 release on Neowin a few members had a response that I had never expected. Some examples: Windam - I wonder why this would be released for Vista since search is already a well integrated feature to begin with. Is it just...

Filed under: Windows Vista, Microsoft, Desktop Search, WDS FAQ, Windows Shell, WDS Development, Search, WS4

Windows Search 4.0 released!
03 June 08 05:16 PM | Brandon Live!

Windows Search 4.0 was released this afternoon.  This release focuses on performance and reliability improvements.  Here are some highlights: Faster queries, often several times faster Faster indexing / reduced resource usage Support for EFS...

Filed under: News, Windows Vista, Microsoft, Desktop Search, Windows Shell, WDS Development, Search, WS4, Windows Search Blogs

Windows Search Indexer Status Gadget
09 April 08 11:10 PM | Brandon Live!

I’m pleased to announce that the second tool to join the BrandonTools.com collection is now available!  It’s a new Sidebar Gadget for those who want to see what the indexer is up to and to easily control its behavior. Click here for details...

Filed under: News, Windows Vista, Microsoft, Desktop Search, Life of Brandon, WS4

Remote Search in Windows Search 4.0
29 March 08 07:56 PM | Brandon Live!

Following up on the Windows Search 4.0 Preview release, I will be writing several posts about some of the new features and changes enabled by this release.  One such feature, and this first one I will dive into here, is the capability to remotely...

Filed under: Windows Vista, Microsoft, Desktop Search, Windows Shell, Search, WS4