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Windows Search

Default Description:

Provides content indexing, property caching, and search results for files, e-mail, and other content.

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 7 Services Forum

Defaults Startup Type:

Windows 7 Starter: Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)
Windows 7 Home Basic: Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)
Windows 7 Home Premium: Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)
Windows 7 Professional: Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)
Windows 7 Ultimate: Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)
Windows 7 Enterprise: Automatic (Delayed Start, 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) (S, HB, HP, P, U, E)
  • DCOM Server Process Launcher (S, HB, HP, P, U, E)
  • RPC Endpoint mapper (S, HB, HP, P, U, E)

What other service require Windows Search to function properly:

• None (S, HB, HP, P, U, E)

Registry Settings (.reg):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WSearch]
"DisplayName"="@%systemroot%\\system32\\SearchIndexer.exe,-103"
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
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"Start"=dword:00000002
"Type"=dword:00000010
"Description"="@%systemroot%\\system32\\SearchIndexer.exe,-104"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):52,00,50,00,43,00,53,00,53,00,00,00,00,00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"ServiceSidType"=dword:00000001
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"FailureActionsOnNonCrashFailures"=dword:00000001
"DelayedAutoStart"=dword:00000001
"FailureActions"=hex:80,51,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,14,00,00,\
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