Indexing Service is (up to Windows Vista) a Windows service that maintains an index of most of the files on a computer without compromising the performance for the user. The service improves searching performance on PCs and computer networks. It has been replaced by Windows Search in Windows 7.
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Indexing service
I have a problem to get data by Indexing Service.
ServerName: RETSO-NT21.CA.com
CatalogName: MyCatalog1
TextSearch: test
Here is my Query:
SELECT path, filename
FROM RETSO-NT21.CA.com.MyCatalog1..scope()
WHERE…

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Is SharePoint uses indexing service of windows?
Let me know if it uses built-in service or has own service for search in documents?

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Querying a remote Indexing Service database
I'm trying to search the Indexing Service of a remote Windows 2003 server from ASP.NET. There's sample code for this on the MS site, but only for local searches. Here's what I've got so far; the remote server in this example is called "indexserver",…

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Indexing Server problem
I've got an HTML file which I'm having a problem with through Index Server. Here is the text in question.
(B) $10,800 per linear mile for
(C) $40,000 per linear mile for any
My problem is with the bolded text.
If I search for…

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Unable to query Indexing Services with a SQL Authentication User
With the Windows 2003 end-of-life data looming next month, I am migrating a legacy application to Windows 2008. This has all gone surprisingly smoothly with the exception of our connection to Indexing Services.
We have two servers, a DB server…

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adjusting relivance of index service web search
I run a website that is using windows indexing service to create a catalog for the search page. I return the top 30 results.
I was asked by a user why a certain page was not returned. The phrase searched was "Papal Blessing Form". That is the exact…

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Document Indexing Asp.net
I am tasked with indexing a large number of documents (allowing for full-text search) and then searching this index using ASP.net
I am using a Windows Server 2012 environment.
I have done some reading up but I'm still not sure what the indexing…

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Problem with index server talking to remote server names with dashes or dots in them
Hi I am having a problem, accessing a remote index server catalog. The name of the server has - in it, so i put the index catalog name as:
i.e num.num.num.num\name of catalog
or an-example-server
I get the following error when using an ole data…

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Strange results of Indexing services
Currently I am working on Indexing services to search document from Windows server. I am using following Query to search "F-0350"
Query
Select rank,Filename,Size,HitCount from Scope() where CONTAINS(Contents, 'ISABOUT('F-0350' WEIGHT(1.0))')
Query…

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"Noise word" in indexing services
Can anyone please tell me, what exactly noise word means in indexing services? I am working on windows server indexing services and getting lots of issues. Some questions on it: …

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Search for exact string in Indexing services
I am working on indexing service of windows server. I need to search exact word on it. Could you please tell me how I can do it.
Eg: I am searching Hello World then how can I get only search for Hello World.
I am using following in my indexing…

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File Server Indexing Service for Mac OS Search
Has anyone a solution for getting the MAC spotlight search facility to work with a remote file server (turnkey pdc, Debian) connecting by SMB.
I am at a loss.
Regards

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Why does .idq return no results?
I have an extremely old web app that I need to move to a new server. It uses Internet Data Query files for search with a indexing service catalog.
After going through some struggles getting the idq files to be handled correctly in IIS, it now works…

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windows 2008 server and classic ASP catalog queries
I am the webmaster at our company and we are in the process of picking a new web hosting company. The old company sold us a hosting package years ago and has since left us on the hardware we were given back then: Pentium 3 box, 1GB RAM, Windows 2000…

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Does WIndows Search(Win 2008R2)/Indexing Service(Win2003) has any impact on Directory.GetFiles(searchPattern, SearchOption.AllDirectories) method?
We are having a strange issue with Directory.GetFiles method trying search for a Word Document from a UNC Folder Share (NTFS Disk) on a Win2008R2 VMServer. The share contain over 10K Files in the Parent Folder and 75K Files in a SubDirectory.
It was…

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