Re: New Win 7/64 has no Search function?

Hi, Sardine.

I'm glad to see that you've found Windows Search under Windows Features.
Thank you for posting what you did to enable it. But I have a question and
a comment.

First, was your Search box hidden in plain sight? When I click Start, the
Start menu appears, of course, with both a left and a right section. At the
bottom of the left section, just above the Start button, below "All
Programs", there is a box with greyed-out text that reads, "Search programs
and files", followed by a magnifying-glass icon. Do you have that Search
box?

My comment is actually a quote from "Windows 7 Inside Out", by MVP Ed Bott,
et al. In Chapter 9, "Using Windows Search", they have this "Caution!":
"If you poke through the Windows Features list under Control Panel's
Programs And Features category, you might notice an entry for Indexing
Service (Cisvc.exe), which is missing from a default installation of Windows
7. You might be tempted to install and enable it. Don't. This service is a
holdover from previous Windows versions and deserves its reputation as slow
and difficult to use. It was supplanted by Windows Search beginning with
Windows Vista, and the only reason this feature is still available (albeit
buried deeply) is to enable corporate applications that rely on this legacy
service."

Note that this "Indexing Service" is NOT the same as "Windows Search", which
you properly enabled. It also is not quite the same as Control Panel's
"Indexing Options". (Microsoft's crack program-naming crew has been hard at
work again.)

Hmmm... I see that I have the Indexing Service checked. OK, now I've
unchecked it, but haven't rebooted yet. If I get remarkable results after
rebooting, I'll post back with remarks to let you know.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Sardine" <> wrote in message
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> My new Win 7/64 does not have a Search available to me.
>
> I can open "Start" and where most people see a search box, I have nothing.
>
> If I press "Win" + F I get an error about no program associated, etc.
>
> Help
>
> Sardine

In message <> "R. C. White"
<> was claimed to have wrote:

>First, was your Search box hidden in plain sight? When I click Start, the
>Start menu appears, of course, with both a left and a right section. At the
>bottom of the left section, just above the Start button, below "All
>Programs", there is a box with greyed-out text that reads, "Search programs
>and files", followed by a magnifying-glass icon. Do you have that Search
>box?

If you disable Windows Search from Programs and Features, this box
disappears (or is deactivated)

Hi, Dave.

Perhaps that is what Sardine did originally. In an earlier post in this
thread, he said, "I have no idea how I lost it but it was probably me as I
was installing and messing with W7/64."

I have rebooted now, after unchecking the box for "Indexing Service" that I
mentioned earlier, and see no noticeable change.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Dave Warren" <dave-> wrote in message
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> In message <> "R. C. White"
> <> was claimed to have wrote:
>
>>First, was your Search box hidden in plain sight? When I click Start, the
>>Start menu appears, of course, with both a left and a right section. At
>>the
>>bottom of the left section, just above the Start button, below "All
>>Programs", there is a box with greyed-out text that reads, "Search
>>programs
>>and files", followed by a magnifying-glass icon. Do you have that Search
>>box?
>
> If you disable Windows Search from Programs and Features, this box
> disappears (or is deactivated)

In message <> "R. C. White"
<> was claimed to have wrote:

>I have rebooted now, after unchecking the box for "Indexing Service" that I
>mentioned earlier, and see no noticeable change.

"Indexing service" is the legacy (XP/2003 eta) index. Try unchecking
"Windows Search" instead.