The desktop search feature in Vista is based on an application called Windows Search, and Microsoft has just released a preview of the next version of the utility. And best of all, Windows Search 4.0 Preview runs on either Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Aside from support for Windows XP, Windows Search 4.0 has a few other significant updates:
- A number of bug fixes
- Get your results 33% faster
- Remote Index Discovery now works with every version of Windows, meaning you can index files on any Windows machine on your network
- If an error occurs, Windows Search will rollback to your last known working state rather than starting the entire indexing process over again from scratch
- Encrypted files can now be indexed
