Just downloaded WDS for use with Office 2007 Beta2Tr...

Where do I find out which version of WDS I'm running? The file I downloaded has a version of 6.1.22.4...

How do I get the indexing to stop? I pause it for 8 or 12 hours and it starts up again, slowing down my whole PC...

I've been a long time X1 user and have loved it... I'd like this to work since it's so integrated into Office.

Thanks for the support!

Lon

Hello Lon,

You can see the version of WDS that you're running by looking in the registry under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search [CurrentVersion] - this will show the full version number of WDS.

As for pausing indexing, you can cause it to snooze for up to a full day. Is this duration not as long as you'd like or are you finding that the snooze indexing simply isn't working? Is your desire to pause indexing until you decide to start it again?

Paul Nystrom - MSFT

Thanks very much, Paul...

My problem is that when I snooze it, it doesn't always snoozed. It's like it has a mind of its own and starts up again. I can't detect a pattern so I haven't been able to control it... my poor hard drive is just banging itself silly, though. I've got Vista RC1 installed on my laptop and it works much better than the XP on my desktop. So, I'm loading Vista on my desktop now to see if I can go live...

Thanks again for the response...

Lon

Interesting. Vista and WDS 3.0 use the same basic indexing engine. It's interesting to hear that one is working for you and the other is not. What build number do you have on WDS (you can check in the registry as explained above)? I'm interested to find out if you are using the WDS 3.0 beta preview or if your're using the WDS 3.0 beta 2.

Paul Nystrom - MSFT

Thanks... I'll check and report back later. I'm loading Office 2007 B2TR now and have to change out the hard drive to get back to XP...

Lon

Paul:

The version is 03.00.5486.108...

Thanks,

Lon

Thanks for the additional information Lon,

After some further research I found that we uncovered a few different bugs in the pause indexing feature in 3.0 beta 2. These have been fixed in later builds but these builds are not yet available to the public. The problem should be fixed in the final release of WDS 3.0.

Paul Nystrom - MSFT

Thank you, sir! I'll await the next release...

My hard drive said "thanks very much" -- it's tired!

Take care,

Lon