I've been running office 07 since it came out and have never had a problem with the instant search.
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Andy Crellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Small rant coming up. > > The one overriding piece of crapness with MS kit that has been a thorn in my > side for the last year has been Instant Search in Outlook 2007. It just > doesn't work. I have read Lord knows how many blogs and articles on the > subject but so far it seems there is still no consensus as to why it fails > to operate for any longer than a week or so at a time. Last week I tried > rebuilding all the indexes – usually a winner, however this time... no dice. > So I discover _another_ new article explaining that unchecking (!!!) the > folder in question from the list of folders to be searched works. This > didn't work for me, however I found that unchecking the box, killing > Outlook, starting outlook, checking the box again and then killing and > starting Outlook again kicked the indexer off correctly and it reindexed all > the mailboxes and PSTs correctly. > > > > One week later and suddenly I am only getting results from the last week > from my mailbox (which contains about 4 months worth of email) – results > from all PSTs are being returned fine. I am about to go back through the > "fix" again to try to resolve the issue, but thought, through a mixed haze > of anger and incredulity that I should share my pain and see if others are > still having this problem with Search! > > > > Has anyone had Instant Search working correctly, consistently? > > > > Cheers for listening... > > > > Andy. > > > > > > Andy Crellin > Technical Services Manager > Leonard Cheshire Disability > Telephone: 01904 479200 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Change the way you see disability. Find out more at > www.CreatureDiscomforts.org > > > > > > > > > > > > Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard Cheshire > Disability does not accept any liability for the content of this message. > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of Leonard Cheshire Disability. If you have > received this transmission in error, please contact the sender and delete it > immediately. > > Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in > England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England & Wales) > and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 3223 75. Registered office: 30 > Millbank, London SW1P 4QD. > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~