Managing Indexing

You can configure and manage the Windows search engine in two ways:

  • Locally, using Indexing Options in Control Panel

  • Remotely, using Group Policy by configuring policy settings in Group Policy Objects (GPOs) linked to organizational units (OUs) where targeted Windows Vista computers reside

You can only use Group Policy to configure a limited number of indexer settings, as described in the following sections.

Note

Note

All of the Group Policy settings for configuring search and indexing in Windows Vista are computer settings and also apply to earlier Windows platforms that have previous versions of Windows Desktop Search (WDS) installed on ...

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