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Windows Search

Default Description:

Provides content indexing and property caching for file, email and other content (via extensibility APIs). The service responds to file and email notifications to index modified content. If the service is stopped or disabled, the Explorer will not be able to display virtual folder views of items, and search in the Explorer will fall back to item-by-item slow search.

Additional Information:

I have always had the Indexing Service as well as Windows Search disabled on all of my systems. Searching for a file does not take "that" long to justify always having this service taking up resources. If, however, you do many file searches, you could benefit from keeping this default service on Automatic. You decide.

Additional Reading:

None at this time.

Discussion Topic Link:

Windows Vista Services Forum

Defaults Startup Type:

Default Vista Home Basic: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Home Premium: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Business: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Ultimate: Automatic (Started)

Other Settings:

Safe Setting: Disabled *

Service Names:

Service Name (registry): Wsearch

Display Name: Windows Search

Default Path and Command Line Options:

C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding

Log On As:

Account: Local System account

Dependencies:

What service Windows Search needs to function properly:

• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
  • DCOM Server Process Launcher

What other service require Windows Search to function properly:

• None