windows desktop search

[jonbones]

Hello guys,

 

can anyone let me know if Windows desktop search can be 'controlled' using group policy? I want to disable indexing as it seems to be hogging CPU (even though MS says it doesn't).

 

Cheers

[plock]

This may help: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows/search/dtscustomize.mspx

 

Cheers

[CyberNerd]

is this the problem

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/25/windows_update_snafu/

[jonbones]

is this the problem

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/25/windows_update_snafu/

 

 

yep that's it. i've checked our WSUS and the previous version was not approved for install.

[plock]

Interesting, M$ take the network down again!

 

Does configuring via GPO to disable the Windows Desktop Search work?

 

Haven’t got the problem myself as yet!

[Michael]

Not sure if it can be controlled, but it can be removed using a Startup script. Probably the most useless update MS have created in a while!

 

@ECHO OFF
IF exist c:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB917013$\spuninst\spuninst.exe c:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB917013$\spuninst\spuninst.exe /quiet

 

I did install it on one machine to have a look and it does dramatically reduce speed in general.

[Michael]

A quick google revealed if you run:

 

WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-XP-x86-enu.exe /extract

 

This will extract the adm files you're looking for. As to what policies are available I'm sure you'll find out

[Geoff]

Deja vu.

 

http://www.edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=12338

[MkII]

was gonna say geoff! links and scripts over on that link folks