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Microsoft previews desktop search update
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 23:36, 31st March 2008 GMT
Source: Computer World News
Microsoft Corp. released a preview of an update to its Windows desktop search tool to clear out bugs and improve the performance of the current technology.
Windows Search 4.0 is available at the Microsoft Download Center. The update is for Microsoft's desktop search feature, which allows users to search for various kinds of files, such as documents and photos, stored anywhere on the PC.
According to a post on Microsoft's Windows Vista Team blog, Windows Search 4.0 fixes most of the bugs that have been "causing a majority of distractions" for Vista users, and it also improves query response time by 33% over the original RTM (release to manufacturing) version of Vista. For IT professionals, the update improves the performance of indexing information from Microsoft's Exchange Server when it's online, and it also extends and improves support for Group Policy settings, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft made desktop search one of the key enhancements to Windows Vista and also linked it to search technology in the recently released Windows Server 2008, so PC users can search for files on the server via their client search. The moves are part of the company's strategy to improve all of its search offerings, which also include enterprise search and the Windows Live Internet search engine.
To bolster its enterprise search strategy, Microsoft is purchasing Oslo-based Fast Search & Transfer ASA; that deal should close in the next month or two. As part of its plans to improve its Internet search capabilities, the company also made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc. that was rejected.
The Windows 4.0 download works with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Vista.
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