This product has undergone a number of name changes over the years, as is par for the course at Microsoft. Early versions of this were known as “MSN Desktop Search” and, somewhat later, “Windows ...

I'm trying to reclaim some resources from one of our file servers and noticed that Windows Search is enabled and started. After some googling it looks like this service comes when one adds the File ...

So follow up... I still can't quite tell exactly what changed, but I've read some things that suggest that the role is what allows the server to handle remote search queries. But I think it still uses ...

It's no secret that Windows runs a bunch of background services to power various features. However, one of these background services is killing your battery, without benefiting you nearly as much in ...

Microsoft released an Indexer Diagnostics utility to help users troubleshoot and, in some cases, fix Windows Search problems they might experience on their Windows 10 devices. The tool, which is still ...

Windows Desktop Search is an add-on for Windows XP and it's available via Windows Update. It uses the Windows Search service to compile an index of files on your system, which is supposed to make it ...

Although the Start menu is supposed to be the fastest way to find local files, software and settings, the default configuration for Windows 10's search indexing service is far from the best. The index ...

If Search Indexing is not running on your Windows 11/10 PC, read this post to learn how to fix the issue. Indexing is a process that maintains an index of file properties and metadata to speed up ...