Brandon Paddock, who works on the Windows Shell Team here at Microsoft, wrote a Windows Sidebar Gadget that displays the status of the Windows Search Indexer. Download the Indexer Status Gadget here. I don't know about you but I think it's kind of neat being able to see how many files Windows Search has indexed on my PC right from my ...

We're announcing quite a few new languages available of the Windows Search 4.0 Preview today. The following languages are available for download for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008: Arabic (Only for Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008) Brazilian Portuguese Bulgarian Chinese - Simplified Chinese - ...

To search for files on my PCs, I use Windows Search - Windows Vista's desktop search feature. I use Windows Search specifically to find photos that I've tagged in Windows Live Photo Gallery or important emails and Word documents. I also rely on saving specific searches that I can go back to later on. Searching and being able to find important ...