vista search not working

My search index appears to be broken. When I attempt to modify the search index by Control Panel -> Indexing Options, I recieve a message "Waiting for status update..." There is no response (Modify... and Advanced... buttons are disabled). I get the same behavior when I run as administrator. I am unable to perform any searches in vista. Any ideas? -- Thanks, Michael

It's been broken and not fully 100% functional in Beta 2 for some time... I guess it's still being worked on.
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My search index appears to be broken. When I attempt to modify the search index by Control Panel -> Indexing Options, I recieve a message "Waiting for status update..." There is no response (Modify... and Advanced... buttons are disabled). I get the same behavior when I run as administrator. I am unable to perform any searches in vista. Any ideas? -- Thanks, Michael

Hi Michael..
This probably doesn't help.. but my computer behaves exactly the same way....No vista search not in outlook not in vista. The index doesn't appear to be broken. It doesn't appear to exist at all....
Frank
"Michael Koch" wrote:

My search index appears to be broken. When I attempt to modify the search index by Control Panel -> Indexing Options, I recieve a message "Waiting for status update..." There is no response (Modify... and Advanced... buttons are disabled). I get the same behavior when I run as administrator. I am unable to perform any searches in vista. Any ideas? -- Thanks, Michael

Hi Michael My computer shows the exact same behavior (only in german). The index doesn't just appear to be broken, it appears to never been built. Sorry my post doesn't help, but i would be interested in a solution...
Frank
"Michael Koch" wrote:

My search index appears to be broken. When I attempt to modify the search index by Control Panel -> Indexing Options, I recieve a message "Waiting for status update..." There is no response (Modify... and Advanced... buttons are disabled). I get the same behavior when I run as administrator. I am unable to perform any searches in vista. Any ideas? -- Thanks, Michael

Hi Michael My computer shows the exact same behavior (only in german). The index doesn't just appear to be broken, it appears to never been built. Sorry my post doesn't help, but i would be interested in a solution...
Frank
"Michael Koch" wrote:

My search index appears to be broken. When I attempt to modify the search index by Control Panel -> Indexing Options, I recieve a message "Waiting for status update..." There is no response (Modify... and Advanced... buttons are disabled). I get the same behavior when I run as administrator. I am unable to perform any searches in vista. Any ideas? -- Thanks, Michael