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Windows 8.1 Desktop
As far as I know, I am not missing anything when I search using Windows Search. However I am suspicious of something. When I go to Control Panel| Indexing Options| Advanced| Rebuild, I am expecting the Index to reset to zero and begin rebuilding; and one should be able to observe the rebuilding process as the number of items indexed increments while the rebuild is in progress. Then, when it finishes you would see "Indexing complete". This is the behavior I have observed for years when I had my Vista system. However, with this 8.1 system, the Rebuild command seems to have no effect: the number of items indexed stays the same and the "Indexing complete" line just stays as it is. I am aware of the fast vs. slow rebuild speed, and when I was using the system under Vista, I would get the (expected) 'Indexing is slow due to system activity" or words to that effect. Now, with 8.1 I do not see this. Even if I keep my hands off the mouse and keyboard for several minutes, the number of items indexed stays put. It is almost as if 8.1 is rebuilding the index 'in the background' without announcing its progress.
As I say, I 'think' I am finding all I need to when searching, but I am wondering if there is stuff missing that I am not aware of. Probably sounds a little weird to complain if my searches seem to work fine, but the apparent lack of visible rebuild activity has me perplexed.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
As far as I know, I am not missing anything when I search using Windows Search. However I am suspicious of something. When I go to Control Panel| Indexing Options| Advanced| Rebuild, I am expecting the Index to reset to zero and begin rebuilding; and one should be able to observe the rebuilding process as the number of items indexed increments while the rebuild is in progress. Then, when it finishes you would see "Indexing complete". This is the behavior I have observed for years when I had my Vista system. However, with this 8.1 system, the Rebuild command seems to have no effect: the number of items indexed stays the same and the "Indexing complete" line just stays as it is. I am aware of the fast vs. slow rebuild speed, and when I was using the system under Vista, I would get the (expected) 'Indexing is slow due to system activity" or words to that effect. Now, with 8.1 I do not see this. Even if I keep my hands off the mouse and keyboard for several minutes, the number of items indexed stays put. It is almost as if 8.1 is rebuilding the index 'in the background' without announcing its progress.
As I say, I 'think' I am finding all I need to when searching, but I am wondering if there is stuff missing that I am not aware of. Probably sounds a little weird to complain if my searches seem to work fine, but the apparent lack of visible rebuild activity has me perplexed.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 (OEM)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy 700qe
- CPU
- 3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-4770
- Motherboard
- Hewlett-Packard 2AF3 1.0
- Memory
- 12GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP Pavilion 25xi Pavilion IPS LED Backlit
- Hard Drives
- Primary 1TB
Secondary 1TB
- Cooling
- Fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Other Info
- Computer came with Windows 8.1 OEM.