Windows Search 4.0

Windows Search 4.0 allows you to perform instant searches on your computer. Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and preview documents, emails, music files, photos, and other items on your computer.

The search engine in Windows Search 4.0 is also used by programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007, as well as Microsoft Windows services. By using this search engine, content indexing within these programs allows you to get instant results when searching for specific items.

Windows Search 4.0 includes the following improvements:

- Support for Encrypted File System (EFS)

- Reduced impact when indexing Exchange emails in online mode, even if there is no local cache (.ost) available

- Support for indexing delegated online mailboxes

- Support for client-to-client remote queries to share indexed locations

- Improved indexing performance

- Faster previewers for Windows XP

- Per-user policy settings

- Watson error reporting for Windows updates

- Group Policy Object support for the following new enterprise features: