- Indexing service: how to share a catalog from a Win2K3 server
- Posted by Nick D. on December 4th, 2005
Hello all,
I want to set up a single, central indexing service catalog of all docs on a
network share, and then configure XP workstations to use it, instead of a
local catalog. The goal is to avoid having every workstation build and
maintain its own index of a shared file store.
I've created a catalog on my Win 2K3 server, and I've found a desktop
product called AimAtFile (http://www.aimingtech.com/aimatfile/) that
integrates with indexing service and lets me specify that I want to use the
catalog from the server; it works beautifully, and I get lightning fast
searches. However, I want to do this using the search client built into
Windows XP, and I can't find any documentation that tells me if this is
possible.
Any help would be appreciated.
- Posted by Wesley Vogel on December 4th, 2005
HOW TO: Create and Configure a Catalog for Indexing
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308202
Indexing Service help...
Start | Run | Type or paste: %windir%\Help\is.chm | Click OK
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:F3FF0F4C-E92C-4D1B-A25C-56049C201C7C@microsoft.com,
Nick D. <Nick D.@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hello all,
>
> I want to set up a single, central indexing service catalog of all docs
> on a network share, and then configure XP workstations to use it, instead
> of a local catalog. The goal is to avoid having every workstation build
> and maintain its own index of a shared file store.
>
> I've created a catalog on my Win 2K3 server, and I've found a desktop
> product called AimAtFile (http://www.aimingtech.com/aimatfile/) that
> integrates with indexing service and lets me specify that I want to use
> the catalog from the server; it works beautifully, and I get lightning
> fast searches. However, I want to do this using the search client built
> into Windows XP, and I can't find any documentation that tells me if this
> is possible.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
- Posted by Nick D. on December 5th, 2005
Well, I know how to create catalogs; no difficulties there. I want to know
how to access a catalog across the network.
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> HOW TO: Create and Configure a Catalog for Indexing
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308202
>
> Indexing Service help...
> Start | Run | Type or paste: %windir%\Help\is.chm | Click OK
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:F3FF0F4C-E92C-4D1B-A25C-56049C201C7C@microsoft.com,
> Nick D. <Nick D.@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I want to set up a single, central indexing service catalog of all docs
> > on a network share, and then configure XP workstations to use it, instead
> > of a local catalog. The goal is to avoid having every workstation build
> > and maintain its own index of a shared file store.
> >
> > I've created a catalog on my Win 2K3 server, and I've found a desktop
> > product called AimAtFile (http://www.aimingtech.com/aimatfile/) that
> > integrates with indexing service and lets me specify that I want to use
> > the catalog from the server; it works beautifully, and I get lightning
> > fast searches. However, I want to do this using the search client built
> > into Windows XP, and I can't find any documentation that tells me if this
> > is possible.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
>
