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'''Indexing Service''' (originally called '''Index Server''') was a [[Windows service]] that maintained an index of most of the [[Computer file|files]] on a computer to improve searching performance on PCs and corporate [[computer network]]s. It updated indexes without user intervention. In [[Windows
== History ==
Indexing Service was a [[desktop search]] service included with [[Windows NT 4.0#Option Pack|Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack]]<ref name="MIS-Intro" /> as well as [[Windows 2000]] and later.<ref name="MIS-v3" /><ref name="TnC-144" /><ref name="WIS-What" /> The first incarnation of the indexing service was shipped in August 1996<ref name="MIS-Intro" /> as a content search system for Microsoft's web server software, [[Internet Information Services]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Its origins, however, date further back to Microsoft's [[Cairo (operating system)|Cairo operating system]] project, with the component serving as the Content Indexer for the [[Object File System]]. Cairo was eventually shelved, but the content indexing capabilities would go on to be included as a standard component of later Windows desktop and server operating systems, starting with [[Windows 2000]], which includes Indexing Service 3.0.<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=About the Indexing Service |date=31 May 2018 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/indexsrv/what-s-new-in-indexing-service |publisher=Microsoft |
In [[Windows Vista]], the content indexer was replaced with the [[Windows Search]] indexer which was enabled by default. Indexing Service is still included with Windows Server 2008 but is not installed or running by default.<ref name="WIS-Install2008" />
Indexing Service has been deprecated in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deprecated Features for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee681698%28WS.10%29.aspx|work=Windows 7 Technical Library|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|
== Search interfaces ==
Comprehensive searching is available after initial building of the index, which can take up to hours or days, depending on the size of the specified directories, the speed of the hard drive, user activity, indexer settings and other factors. Searching using Indexing service works also on [[Uniform Naming Convention|UNC]] paths and/or mapped network drives if the sharing server indexes appropriate directory and is aware of its sharing.
Once the indexing service has been turned on and has built its index it can be searched in three ways. The search option available from the [[Start
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