Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

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Hello!
Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the progress in
the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a replacement for the sand
glass)?
When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever. That
is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar first goes
half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly to about 3/4 of
the way, appearing to redraw the bar every second or so, then more slowly
still to 7/8, etc., getting closer to the end with each redraw - but never
quite reaching the end. I watch hopefully as it gets to the little
down-pointing triangle, thinking that it will give up when it gets there and
report that it can't find what it's searching for. But it doesn't. It
keeps creeping further, past the vertical separator at the end of the
Address Bar, and then at a maddeningly slow pace across the red "X" and...
hours later, the green bar is still being redrawn and it STILL hasn't got to
the end.
Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for the
same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.
Sincerely,
Dima
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

Uzytkownik "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> napisal w wiadomosci
news:%23uU%23J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
....
> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for the
> same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.

The same for me... Total Commander is 20 times faster than explorer...
horrible :(
--
marfi
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

"Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
news:%23uU%23J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hello!
> Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the progress in
> the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a replacement for the sand
> glass)?
> When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever. That
> is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar first goes
> half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly to about 3/4 of
> the way, appearing to redraw the bar every second or so, then more slowly
> still to 7/8, etc., getting closer to the end with each redraw - but never
> quite reaching the end. I watch hopefully as it gets to the little
> down-pointing triangle, thinking that it will give up when it gets there
> and report that it can't find what it's searching for. But it doesn't.
> It keeps creeping further, past the vertical separator at the end of the
> Address Bar, and then at a maddeningly slow pace across the red "X" and...
> hours later, the green bar is still being redrawn and it STILL hasn't got
> to the end.
> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for the
> same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.


It's worse than that. It also sometimes cannot find files that are clearly
there.

ss.
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

Hi, Dima.

Is there an echo in here?

This sounds like the discussion we had here a week or two ago. Yes, here it
is: started by you on 4/28/08, Subject: Why does Windows Vista x64 search
so long? Like this current post, it was cross-posted to 3 NGs; that thread
has 9 posts, of which 5 were from you. One is from me, one from Tony
Sperling and 2 from Colin Barnhorst.

The bulk of your current post is a cut-n-pasted direct quote from my post of
4/28/08 in that other thread. I don't mind your using my description of the
problem, but whenever you "borrow" text from somewhere, common courtesy (and
Netiquette) requires that you identify the source.

Have you found new information about this problem, Dima? Or are you just
asking the same question again?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
news:#uU#J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hello!
> Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the progress in
> the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a replacement for the sand
> glass)?
> When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever. That
> is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar first goes
> half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly to about 3/4 of
> the way, appearing to redraw the bar every second or so, then more slowly
> still to 7/8, etc., getting closer to the end with each redraw - but never
> quite reaching the end. I watch hopefully as it gets to the little
> down-pointing triangle, thinking that it will give up when it gets there
> and report that it can't find what it's searching for. But it doesn't.
> It keeps creeping further, past the vertical separator at the end of the
> Address Bar, and then at a maddeningly slow pace across the red "X" and...
> hours later, the green bar is still being redrawn and it STILL hasn't got
> to the end.
> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for the
> same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.
> Sincerely,
> Dima
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

No, I have not find any new information. It's strange that nobody knows a
resolution to the slow search in Vista!
"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
news:C9056DE7-49E1-4F39-A329-68465C4CB203@microsoft.com...
> Hi, Dima.
>
> Is there an echo in here?
>
> This sounds like the discussion we had here a week or two ago. Yes, here
> it is: started by you on 4/28/08, Subject: Why does Windows Vista x64
> search so long? Like this current post, it was cross-posted to 3 NGs;
> that thread has 9 posts, of which 5 were from you. One is from me, one
> from Tony Sperling and 2 from Colin Barnhorst.
>
> The bulk of your current post is a cut-n-pasted direct quote from my post
> of 4/28/08 in that other thread. I don't mind your using my description
> of the problem, but whenever you "borrow" text from somewhere, common
> courtesy (and Netiquette) requires that you identify the source.
>
> Have you found new information about this problem, Dima? Or are you just
> asking the same question again?
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
>
> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> news:#uU#J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hello!
>> Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the progress
>> in the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a replacement for the
>> sand glass)?
>> When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever.
>> That is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar first
>> goes half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly to about
>> 3/4 of the way, appearing to redraw the bar every second or so, then more
>> slowly still to 7/8, etc., getting closer to the end with each redraw -
>> but never quite reaching the end. I watch hopefully as it gets to the
>> little down-pointing triangle, thinking that it will give up when it gets
>> there and report that it can't find what it's searching for. But it
>> doesn't. It keeps creeping further, past the vertical separator at the
>> end of the Address Bar, and then at a maddeningly slow pace across the
>> red "X" and... hours later, the green bar is still being redrawn and it
>> STILL hasn't got to the end.
>> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for the
>> same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.
>> Sincerely,
>> Dima
>
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

I am sure there are many who know how to "fix it", at least, in principle.
And many of them are at Microsoft. <g>

Without going into the details of search theory or methods of
implementation: It could well be that nothing is actually broken so does not
need fixing in the strict sense. Possibly, the search algorithms are
performing exactly as designed. However, it also might be true that they
could be better implemented. For example, they could be recoded into
assembly or direct machine code-seldom done now-but that's a topic for a
different place and time. As one example of a fast search-isoHunt, a Torrent
search engine, is very rapid considering the vast quantity of data indexed
however it retunes a quantity of false positives.

In designing any program, there are many trade-offs. All of them affect the
search speed. E.g. Do you do a full, all storage devices search or limit it
to a particular set of locations (Vista actually allows the user to modify
to search entire index or just user files). How highly do you value
reliability (same results on repeated searches of the same data),
accuracy/fuzziness (result matches target/result is a near match), &c. But
Here I am probably not saying anything you don't know.

In short, if it's not too late for that, we can be certain that these are
matters that are routinely reviewed as development goes forward as halting
and retrograde as that motion sometimes appears.
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007


"Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
news:OsthwNGtIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> No, I have not find any new information. It's strange that nobody knows a
> resolution to the slow search in Vista!
> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
> news:C9056DE7-49E1-4F39-A329-68465C4CB203@microsoft.com...
>> Hi, Dima.
>>
>> Is there an echo in here?
>>
>> This sounds like the discussion we had here a week or two ago. Yes, here
>> it is: started by you on 4/28/08, Subject: Why does Windows Vista x64
>> search so long? Like this current post, it was cross-posted to 3 NGs;
>> that thread has 9 posts, of which 5 were from you. One is from me, one
>> from Tony Sperling and 2 from Colin Barnhorst.
>>
>> The bulk of your current post is a cut-n-pasted direct quote from my post
>> of 4/28/08 in that other thread. I don't mind your using my description
>> of the problem, but whenever you "borrow" text from somewhere, common
>> courtesy (and Netiquette) requires that you identify the source.
>>
>> Have you found new information about this problem, Dima? Or are you just
>> asking the same question again?
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@grandecom.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
>>
>> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
>> news:#uU#J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello!
>>> Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the progress
>>> in the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a replacement for the
>>> sand glass)?
>>> When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever.
>>> That is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar first
>>> goes half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly to about
>>> 3/4 of the way, appearing to redraw the bar every second or so, then
>>> more slowly still to 7/8, etc., getting closer to the end with each
>>> redraw - but never quite reaching the end. I watch hopefully as it gets
>>> to the little down-pointing triangle, thinking that it will give up when
>>> it gets there and report that it can't find what it's searching for.
>>> But it doesn't. It keeps creeping further, past the vertical separator
>>> at the end of the Address Bar, and then at a maddeningly slow pace
>>> across the red "X" and... hours later, the green bar is still being
>>> redrawn and it STILL hasn't got to the end.
>>> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for
>>> the same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Dima
>>
>
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

Why don't they reply then?
"Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23pbg8bOtIHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I am sure there are many who know how to "fix it", at least, in principle.
>And many of them are at Microsoft. <g>
>
> Without going into the details of search theory or methods of
> implementation: It could well be that nothing is actually broken so does
> not need fixing in the strict sense. Possibly, the search algorithms are
> performing exactly as designed. However, it also might be true that they
> could be better implemented. For example, they could be recoded into
> assembly or direct machine code-seldom done now-but that's a topic for a
> different place and time. As one example of a fast search-isoHunt, a
> Torrent search engine, is very rapid considering the vast quantity of
> data indexed however it retunes a quantity of false positives.
>
> In designing any program, there are many trade-offs. All of them affect
> the search speed. E.g. Do you do a full, all storage devices search or
> limit it to a particular set of locations (Vista actually allows the user
> to modify to search entire index or just user files). How highly do you
> value reliability (same results on repeated searches of the same data),
> accuracy/fuzziness (result matches target/result is a near match), &c. But
> Here I am probably not saying anything you don't know.
>
> In short, if it's not too late for that, we can be certain that these are
> matters that are routinely reviewed as development goes forward as halting
> and retrograde as that motion sometimes appears.
> --
>
> Tom
> MSMVP 1998-2007
>
>
> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> news:OsthwNGtIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> No, I have not find any new information. It's strange that nobody knows a
>> resolution to the slow search in Vista!
>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
>> news:C9056DE7-49E1-4F39-A329-68465C4CB203@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi, Dima.
>>>
>>> Is there an echo in here?
>>>
>>> This sounds like the discussion we had here a week or two ago. Yes,
>>> here it is: started by you on 4/28/08, Subject: Why does Windows Vista
>>> x64 search so long? Like this current post, it was cross-posted to 3
>>> NGs; that thread has 9 posts, of which 5 were from you. One is from me,
>>> one from Tony Sperling and 2 from Colin Barnhorst.
>>>
>>> The bulk of your current post is a cut-n-pasted direct quote from my
>>> post of 4/28/08 in that other thread. I don't mind your using my
>>> description of the problem, but whenever you "borrow" text from
>>> somewhere, common courtesy (and Netiquette) requires that you identify
>>> the source.
>>>
>>> Have you found new information about this problem, Dima? Or are you
>>> just asking the same question again?
>>>
>>> RC
>>> --
>>> R. C. White, CPA
>>> San Marcos, TX
>>> rc@grandecom.net
>>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
>>>
>>> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
>>> news:#uU#J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello!
>>>> Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the progress
>>>> in the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a replacement for the
>>>> sand glass)?
>>>> When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever.
>>>> That is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar first
>>>> goes half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly to about
>>>> 3/4 of the way, appearing to redraw the bar every second or so, then
>>>> more slowly still to 7/8, etc., getting closer to the end with each
>>>> redraw - but never quite reaching the end. I watch hopefully as it
>>>> gets to the little down-pointing triangle, thinking that it will give
>>>> up when it gets there and report that it can't find what it's searching
>>>> for. But it doesn't. It keeps creeping further, past the vertical
>>>> separator at the end of the Address Bar, and then at a maddeningly slow
>>>> pace across the red "X" and... hours later, the green bar is still
>>>> being redrawn and it STILL hasn't got to the end.
>>>> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for
>>>> the same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Dima
>>>
>>
>
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

They probably haven't found an answer either.

If someone had an answer they would have shared the information.


Dima wrote:
> Why don't they reply then?
> "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23pbg8bOtIHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I am sure there are many who know how to "fix it", at least, in
>> principle. And many of them are at Microsoft. <g>
>>
>> Without going into the details of search theory or methods of
>> implementation: It could well be that nothing is actually broken so
>> does not need fixing in the strict sense. Possibly, the search
>> algorithms are performing exactly as designed. However, it also might
>> be true that they could be better implemented. For example, they could
>> be recoded into assembly or direct machine code-seldom done now-but
>> that's a topic for a different place and time. As one example of a
>> fast search-isoHunt, a Torrent search engine, is very rapid
>> considering the vast quantity of data indexed however it retunes a
>> quantity of false positives.
>>
>> In designing any program, there are many trade-offs. All of them
>> affect the search speed. E.g. Do you do a full, all storage devices
>> search or limit it to a particular set of locations (Vista actually
>> allows the user to modify to search entire index or just user files).
>> How highly do you value reliability (same results on repeated searches
>> of the same data), accuracy/fuzziness (result matches target/result is
>> a near match), &c. But Here I am probably not saying anything you
>> don't know.
>>
>> In short, if it's not too late for that, we can be certain that these
>> are matters that are routinely reviewed as development goes forward as
>> halting and retrograde as that motion sometimes appears.
>> --
>>
>> Tom
>> MSMVP 1998-2007
>>
>>
>> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
>> news:OsthwNGtIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> No, I have not find any new information. It's strange that nobody
>>> knows a resolution to the slow search in Vista!
>>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
>>> news:C9056DE7-49E1-4F39-A329-68465C4CB203@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi, Dima.
>>>>
>>>> Is there an echo in here?
>>>>
>>>> This sounds like the discussion we had here a week or two ago. Yes,
>>>> here it is: started by you on 4/28/08, Subject: Why does Windows
>>>> Vista x64 search so long? Like this current post, it was
>>>> cross-posted to 3 NGs; that thread has 9 posts, of which 5 were from
>>>> you. One is from me, one from Tony Sperling and 2 from Colin
>>>> Barnhorst.
>>>>
>>>> The bulk of your current post is a cut-n-pasted direct quote from my
>>>> post of 4/28/08 in that other thread. I don't mind your using my
>>>> description of the problem, but whenever you "borrow" text from
>>>> somewhere, common courtesy (and Netiquette) requires that you
>>>> identify the source.
>>>>
>>>> Have you found new information about this problem, Dima? Or are you
>>>> just asking the same question again?
>>>>
>>>> RC
>>>> --
>>>> R. C. White, CPA
>>>> San Marcos, TX
>>>> rc@grandecom.net
>>>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
>>>>
>>>> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
>>>> news:#uU#J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>> Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the
>>>>> progress in the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a
>>>>> replacement for the sand glass)?
>>>>> When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly
>>>>> forever. That is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer,
>>>>> the bar first goes half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes
>>>>> more slowly to about 3/4 of the way, appearing to redraw the bar
>>>>> every second or so, then more slowly still to 7/8, etc., getting
>>>>> closer to the end with each redraw - but never quite reaching the
>>>>> end. I watch hopefully as it gets to the little down-pointing
>>>>> triangle, thinking that it will give up when it gets there and
>>>>> report that it can't find what it's searching for. But it doesn't.
>>>>> It keeps creeping further, past the vertical separator at the end
>>>>> of the Address Bar, and then at a maddeningly slow pace across the
>>>>> red "X" and... hours later, the green bar is still being redrawn
>>>>> and it STILL hasn't got to the end.
>>>>> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches
>>>>> for the same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Dima
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

This is a peer-to-peer newsgroup and does not have monitors or moderators.
Unless another user has a suggestion or technical answer no one will reply.

"Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
news:Ot3jwAftIHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Why don't they reply then?
> "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23pbg8bOtIHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I am sure there are many who know how to "fix it", at least, in principle.
>>And many of them are at Microsoft. <g>
>>
>> Without going into the details of search theory or methods of
>> implementation: It could well be that nothing is actually broken so does
>> not need fixing in the strict sense. Possibly, the search algorithms are
>> performing exactly as designed. However, it also might be true that they
>> could be better implemented. For example, they could be recoded into
>> assembly or direct machine code-seldom done now-but that's a topic for a
>> different place and time. As one example of a fast search-isoHunt, a
>> Torrent search engine, is very rapid considering the vast quantity of
>> data indexed however it retunes a quantity of false positives.
>>
>> In designing any program, there are many trade-offs. All of them affect
>> the search speed. E.g. Do you do a full, all storage devices search or
>> limit it to a particular set of locations (Vista actually allows the user
>> to modify to search entire index or just user files). How highly do you
>> value reliability (same results on repeated searches of the same data),
>> accuracy/fuzziness (result matches target/result is a near match), &c.
>> But Here I am probably not saying anything you don't know.
>>
>> In short, if it's not too late for that, we can be certain that these are
>> matters that are routinely reviewed as development goes forward as
>> halting and retrograde as that motion sometimes appears.
>> --
>>
>> Tom
>> MSMVP 1998-2007
>>
>>
>> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
>> news:OsthwNGtIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> No, I have not find any new information. It's strange that nobody knows
>>> a resolution to the slow search in Vista!
>>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
>>> news:C9056DE7-49E1-4F39-A329-68465C4CB203@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi, Dima.
>>>>
>>>> Is there an echo in here?
>>>>
>>>> This sounds like the discussion we had here a week or two ago. Yes,
>>>> here it is: started by you on 4/28/08, Subject: Why does Windows
>>>> Vista x64 search so long? Like this current post, it was cross-posted
>>>> to 3 NGs; that thread has 9 posts, of which 5 were from you. One is
>>>> from me, one from Tony Sperling and 2 from Colin Barnhorst.
>>>>
>>>> The bulk of your current post is a cut-n-pasted direct quote from my
>>>> post of 4/28/08 in that other thread. I don't mind your using my
>>>> description of the problem, but whenever you "borrow" text from
>>>> somewhere, common courtesy (and Netiquette) requires that you identify
>>>> the source.
>>>>
>>>> Have you found new information about this problem, Dima? Or are you
>>>> just asking the same question again?
>>>>
>>>> RC
>>>> --
>>>> R. C. White, CPA
>>>> San Marcos, TX
>>>> rc@grandecom.net
>>>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
>>>>
>>>> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
>>>> news:#uU#J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>> Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the
>>>>> progress in the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a
>>>>> replacement for the sand glass)?
>>>>> When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever.
>>>>> That is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar
>>>>> first goes half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly
>>>>> to about 3/4 of the way, appearing to redraw the bar every second or
>>>>> so, then more slowly still to 7/8, etc., getting closer to the end
>>>>> with each redraw - but never quite reaching the end. I watch
>>>>> hopefully as it gets to the little down-pointing triangle, thinking
>>>>> that it will give up when it gets there and report that it can't find
>>>>> what it's searching for. But it doesn't. It keeps creeping further,
>>>>> past the vertical separator at the end of the Address Bar, and then at
>>>>> a maddeningly slow pace across the red "X" and... hours later, the
>>>>> green bar is still being redrawn and it STILL hasn't got to the end.
>>>>> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for
>>>>> the same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Dima
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

As Colin points out, this is a peer-to-peer help group. Sometimes MS softies
drop in but MS has no formal presence here.

As for your question, I have enough trouble accounting for myself without
dragging out "ye olde crystal ball" to divine anyone else's motivations. <g>
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007


"Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
news:Ot3jwAftIHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Why don't they reply then?
> "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23pbg8bOtIHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I am sure there are many who know how to "fix it", at least, in principle.
>>And many of them are at Microsoft. <g>
>>
>> Without going into the details of search theory or methods of
>> implementation: It could well be that nothing is actually broken so does
>> not need fixing in the strict sense. Possibly, the search algorithms are
>> performing exactly as designed. However, it also might be true that they
>> could be better implemented. For example, they could be recoded into
>> assembly or direct machine code-seldom done now-but that's a topic for a
>> different place and time. As one example of a fast search-isoHunt, a
>> Torrent search engine, is very rapid considering the vast quantity of
>> data indexed however it retunes a quantity of false positives.
>>
>> In designing any program, there are many trade-offs. All of them affect
>> the search speed. E.g. Do you do a full, all storage devices search or
>> limit it to a particular set of locations (Vista actually allows the user
>> to modify to search entire index or just user files). How highly do you
>> value reliability (same results on repeated searches of the same data),
>> accuracy/fuzziness (result matches target/result is a near match), &c.
>> But Here I am probably not saying anything you don't know.
>>
>> In short, if it's not too late for that, we can be certain that these are
>> matters that are routinely reviewed as development goes forward as
>> halting and retrograde as that motion sometimes appears.
>> --
>>
>> Tom
>> MSMVP 1998-2007
>>
>>
>> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
>> news:OsthwNGtIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> No, I have not find any new information. It's strange that nobody knows
>>> a resolution to the slow search in Vista!
>>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
>>> news:C9056DE7-49E1-4F39-A329-68465C4CB203@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi, Dima.
>>>>
>>>> Is there an echo in here?
>>>>
>>>> This sounds like the discussion we had here a week or two ago. Yes,
>>>> here it is: started by you on 4/28/08, Subject: Why does Windows
>>>> Vista x64 search so long? Like this current post, it was cross-posted
>>>> to 3 NGs; that thread has 9 posts, of which 5 were from you. One is
>>>> from me, one from Tony Sperling and 2 from Colin Barnhorst.
>>>>
>>>> The bulk of your current post is a cut-n-pasted direct quote from my
>>>> post of 4/28/08 in that other thread. I don't mind your using my
>>>> description of the problem, but whenever you "borrow" text from
>>>> somewhere, common courtesy (and Netiquette) requires that you identify
>>>> the source.
>>>>
>>>> Have you found new information about this problem, Dima? Or are you
>>>> just asking the same question again?
>>>>
>>>> RC
>>>> --
>>>> R. C. White, CPA
>>>> San Marcos, TX
>>>> rc@grandecom.net
>>>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
>>>>
>>>> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
>>>> news:#uU#J3ssIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>> Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the
>>>>> progress in the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a
>>>>> replacement for the sand glass)?
>>>>> When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever.
>>>>> That is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar
>>>>> first goes half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly
>>>>> to about 3/4 of the way, appearing to redraw the bar every second or
>>>>> so, then more slowly still to 7/8, etc., getting closer to the end
>>>>> with each redraw - but never quite reaching the end. I watch
>>>>> hopefully as it gets to the little down-pointing triangle, thinking
>>>>> that it will give up when it gets there and report that it can't find
>>>>> what it's searching for. But it doesn't. It keeps creeping further,
>>>>> past the vertical separator at the end of the Address Bar, and then at
>>>>> a maddeningly slow pace across the red "X" and... hours later, the
>>>>> green bar is still being redrawn and it STILL hasn't got to the end.
>>>>> Windows XP Pro on the same computer (but on another HDD) searches for
>>>>> the same files (on all HDDs) five times faster.
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Dima
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

Microsoftie here :)

The progress bar was a design decision made by the program management team.
It does not show progress, but it does reflect that we're still performing
work. It was tweaked significantly during the different Betas and Release
Candidates until people were generally ok with it.

Searching in indexed locations should be fast. It should be even faster
with Window Search 4 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157) installed. The
more locations on the disk you have indexed, the faster the searching of
these locations should be. Keep in mind that we don't index the entire drive
on purpose, as the indexer wasn't designed to handle the load that is
associated with indexing directories like Windows or Program Files.

Searching all of the Computer is a very costly operation, because a majority
of the time is spent crawling the disk trying to find the items that you're
looking for. The non-indexed search of Vista is slower than XP and other
engines by default, because we end up searching more properties. Also, we
perform our searches differently than most engines (word based, rather than
character or regular expression based). This isn't an excuse, we should
still do a better job of being more efficient.

Granted that it may be slower in some situations, there are things you can
do to improve performance of your searches.

1. Scope your search location. Only include the locations you think that
you may find the file you're looking for. This will obviously speed things
up.
2. Scope your search to only search for properties you care about. Use
either the Advanced Search Pane or directly use Advanced Query Syntax (such
as name:foo, or author:bar). See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711.aspx for more details. The
syntax isn't perfect and there is a lot of work trying to keep the behavior
of non-indexed searches to match the behavior of indexed searches (which
isn't perfect), even though it is two completely distinct search providers.
3. Add more locations of the files you care about to the index. When
searching non-indexed locations like Computer, we will leverage the indexer
to return results for indexed locations on the system.
4. Keep the "Search system folders" checkbox unchecked in the Search
Options, unless you're sure that's where you want to look. When this option
is set, searching from c:\ will not search within system directories like
c:\windows and c:\program files.
5. Don't use the "Include non-indexed, hidden and system files (might be
slow)" checkbox in the Advanced search box unless you have to. This option
will not use the index at all and will perform a non-indexed search of all
locations and also look in system folders.

Hope this helps,
Justin

PS - I'm going to try to do a better job of popping into the newsgroup now
and then to see if there is anything that needs answering.
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

Justin Martin [MSFT] wrote:
> Microsoftie here :)
>
> The progress bar was a design decision made by the program management team.
> It does not show progress, but it does reflect that we're still performing
> work. It was tweaked significantly during the different Betas and Release
> Candidates until people were generally ok with it.
>
> Searching in indexed locations should be fast. It should be even faster
> with Window Search 4 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157) installed. The
> more locations on the disk you have indexed, the faster the searching of
> these locations should be. Keep in mind that we don't index the entire drive
> on purpose, as the indexer wasn't designed to handle the load that is
> associated with indexing directories like Windows or Program Files.
>
> Searching all of the Computer is a very costly operation, because a majority
> of the time is spent crawling the disk trying to find the items that you're
> looking for. The non-indexed search of Vista is slower than XP and other
> engines by default, because we end up searching more properties. Also, we
> perform our searches differently than most engines (word based, rather than
> character or regular expression based). This isn't an excuse, we should
> still do a better job of being more efficient.
>
> Granted that it may be slower in some situations, there are things you can
> do to improve performance of your searches.
>
> 1. Scope your search location. Only include the locations you think that
> you may find the file you're looking for. This will obviously speed things
> up.
> 2. Scope your search to only search for properties you care about. Use
> either the Advanced Search Pane or directly use Advanced Query Syntax (such
> as name:foo, or author:bar). See
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711.aspx for more details. The
> syntax isn't perfect and there is a lot of work trying to keep the behavior
> of non-indexed searches to match the behavior of indexed searches (which
> isn't perfect), even though it is two completely distinct search providers.
> 3. Add more locations of the files you care about to the index. When
> searching non-indexed locations like Computer, we will leverage the indexer
> to return results for indexed locations on the system.
> 4. Keep the "Search system folders" checkbox unchecked in the Search
> Options, unless you're sure that's where you want to look. When this option
> is set, searching from c:\ will not search within system directories like
> c:\windows and c:\program files.
> 5. Don't use the "Include non-indexed, hidden and system files (might be
> slow)" checkbox in the Advanced search box unless you have to. This option
> will not use the index at all and will perform a non-indexed search of all
> locations and also look in system folders.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Justin
>
> PS - I'm going to try to do a better job of popping into the newsgroup now
> and then to see if there is anything that needs answering.


I believe you are trying to say that the Vista search function is a
hopeless waste of space. If we follow your suggestions we will know
where everything is anyway, In XP *.mp3 found all the mp3s, in Vista it
does not.

You bet there are things that need answering.
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

> I believe you are trying to say that the Vista search function is a
> hopeless waste of space. If we follow your suggestions we will know
> where everything is anyway, In XP *.mp3 found all the mp3s, in Vista it
> does not.
>
> You bet there are things that need answering.

That's not what I'm trying to say at all. I now understand why many people
don't spend their time trying to be helpful in the newsgroups.

You'll get people to be much more willing to try and assist and make
improvements in the product if you do more than just flame. If you honestly
are having a problem and would like help, please be descriptive of the
problems you're running into. For example:

1. Where/how are you initiating the search?
2. Where are the files that aren't being found? Are they random or is it a
specific set of items that aren't coming back?
3. Have you changed any of the default search or indexer settings?
etc.

Justin
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

Justin Martin [MSFT] wrote:
>> I believe you are trying to say that the Vista search function is a
>> hopeless waste of space. If we follow your suggestions we will know
>> where everything is anyway, In XP *.mp3 found all the mp3s, in Vista it
>> does not.
>>
>> You bet there are things that need answering.
>
> That's not what I'm trying to say at all. I now understand why many people
> don't spend their time trying to be helpful in the newsgroups.
>
> You'll get people to be much more willing to try and assist and make
> improvements in the product if you do more than just flame. If you honestly
> are having a problem and would like help, please be descriptive of the
> problems you're running into. For example:
>
> 1. Where/how are you initiating the search?
> 2. Where are the files that aren't being found? Are they random or is it a
> specific set of items that aren't coming back?
> 3. Have you changed any of the default search or indexer settings?
> etc.
>
> Justin


Actually your presence here is most welcome, and I was being somewhat
sarcastic.

I know there are many settings and that indexing can be useful to some,
however the situation seems to have been made quite confusing to many users.

For example, I rarely "Search" for anything, when I do it probably takes
the form of *.dll because I want to locate some file or other to work
with. I don't really care if it takes 5 minutes to find, but I do want
to be sure if it is there or not. What I do care about is that I have to
wait 5 minutes EVERY time as Vista "Indexes" things at boot. Despite
this time during which the disk drive is grinding away when I type *.dll
it comes back with nothing. Even if the file is in plain sight on the
desktop Vista does not find it. W2000 and XP used to just "Find" things,
indexed or not.

On the other hand if I want to find something on the Internet I use
Google or similar.

So my experience when first using Vista was with the default settings,
and despite 5 minutes every boot and 5 minutes every search I could not
be sure the file wasn't there, only that Vista wasn't locating it. Once
I went to the drive properties and turned indexing off the boot process
went back to a realistic time and Vista still couldn't find anything but
waiting time was acceptable.

So I guess the question is why change the "Expected" behavior and force
the user to make changes he/she is not familiar with when it seems that
what "Windows always does" was quite acceptable. I may well have missed
the point somewhere, I just want to know where :)
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

Even while accepting that other people have different experiences based on
what they customarily have need or desire to do, I have mine. It appears to
me that an effort is on-going to improve both the scope (where do you
search? How broadly do you set the parameters of the search?) and speed
(what methodology/algorithms do you use; do you keep an index of searches to
improve speed of later searches? Do you pre-index-if so, what parameters so
you set for that?). Please forgive my repetitiveness but I though it worth
reviewing.

Any time there is a change to the behavior of a tool, users are forced to
experience some-to-much re-familiarization time. Hopefully, most will find
the newly expanded abilities worth the admitted pain. Also, one hopes that
usability improves as development continues.
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007




"Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message
news:%23yFYTaNuIHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Justin Martin [MSFT] wrote:
>>> I believe you are trying to say that the Vista search function is a
>>> hopeless waste of space. If we follow your suggestions we will know
>>> where everything is anyway, In XP *.mp3 found all the mp3s, in Vista it
>>> does not.
>>>
>>> You bet there are things that need answering.
>>
>> That's not what I'm trying to say at all. I now understand why many
>> people don't spend their time trying to be helpful in the newsgroups.
>>
>> You'll get people to be much more willing to try and assist and make
>> improvements in the product if you do more than just flame. If you
>> honestly are having a problem and would like help, please be descriptive
>> of the problems you're running into. For example:
>>
>> 1. Where/how are you initiating the search?
>> 2. Where are the files that aren't being found? Are they random or is it
>> a specific set of items that aren't coming back?
>> 3. Have you changed any of the default search or indexer settings?
>> etc.
>>
>> Justin
>
>
> Actually your presence here is most welcome, and I was being somewhat
> sarcastic.
>
> I know there are many settings and that indexing can be useful to some,
> however the situation seems to have been made quite confusing to many
> users.
>
> For example, I rarely "Search" for anything, when I do it probably takes
> the form of *.dll because I want to locate some file or other to work
> with. I don't really care if it takes 5 minutes to find, but I do want to
> be sure if it is there or not. What I do care about is that I have to wait
> 5 minutes EVERY time as Vista "Indexes" things at boot. Despite this time
> during which the disk drive is grinding away when I type *.dll it comes
> back with nothing. Even if the file is in plain sight on the desktop Vista
> does not find it. W2000 and XP used to just "Find" things, indexed or not.
>
> On the other hand if I want to find something on the Internet I use Google
> or similar.
>
> So my experience when first using Vista was with the default settings, and
> despite 5 minutes every boot and 5 minutes every search I could not be
> sure the file wasn't there, only that Vista wasn't locating it. Once I
> went to the drive properties and turned indexing off the boot process went
> back to a realistic time and Vista still couldn't find anything but
> waiting time was acceptable.
>
> So I guess the question is why change the "Expected" behavior and force
> the user to make changes he/she is not familiar with when it seems that
> what "Windows always does" was quite acceptable. I may well have missed
> the point somewhere, I just want to know where :)
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

Hi, Justin.

Welcome to the newsgroup! ;<)

> The progress bar was a design decision made by the program management
> team.
> It does not show progress,

Well, it APPEARS to show progress. Where is there any indication to the
user that it is showing anything other than progress?

> but it does reflect that we're still performing
> work.

But there is NO feedback as to whether it might be finished - or give up -
in another 10 seconds or that it might take another 10 hours - or 10 days.
:>(

There is no clue as to whether it is now searching in Drive C: or in Drive
X: or even somewhere on the Internet maybe?

> It was tweaked significantly during the different Betas and Release
> Candidates until people were generally ok with it.

I participated in the last year or more of the Vista beta; at least a
half-dozen builds, both 32-bit and 64-bit. I recall significant
improvements in some parts of Search, but NOT in this "progress bar" area.
That feeling that it would never get to the Finish Line did not go away
during the beta - or since.

The non-productive and non-informative pulsing of that green bar gets to be
INFURIATING!!! Doesn't anybody on the Microsoft Team understand that?

Thanks for the tips about how to speed up the Search. My frustration,
though, is not that the search takes so long, but that it NEVER gives up, or
even pauses to take a breath, give me a progress report, and ask me if I'd
like to trim my parameters or if I want it to just "press on!"

> PS - I'm going to try to do a better job of popping into the newsgroup now
> and then to see if there is anything that needs answering.

Please do, Justin. You will, of course, get flamed by some immature
readers. But you also should hear some legitimate complaints, questions,
requests and suggestions that you will never get from anywhere else.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Justin Martin [MSFT]" <JustinMartinMSFT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:89EA85CC-3690-49F0-A2F6-F1A56EF4266A@microsoft.com...
> Microsoftie here :)
>
> The progress bar was a design decision made by the program management
> team.
> It does not show progress, but it does reflect that we're still performing
> work. It was tweaked significantly during the different Betas and Release
> Candidates until people were generally ok with it.
>
> Searching in indexed locations should be fast. It should be even faster
> with Window Search 4 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157) installed.
> The
> more locations on the disk you have indexed, the faster the searching of
> these locations should be. Keep in mind that we don't index the entire
> drive
> on purpose, as the indexer wasn't designed to handle the load that is
> associated with indexing directories like Windows or Program Files.
>
> Searching all of the Computer is a very costly operation, because a
> majority
> of the time is spent crawling the disk trying to find the items that
> you're
> looking for. The non-indexed search of Vista is slower than XP and other
> engines by default, because we end up searching more properties. Also, we
> perform our searches differently than most engines (word based, rather
> than
> character or regular expression based). This isn't an excuse, we should
> still do a better job of being more efficient.
>
> Granted that it may be slower in some situations, there are things you can
> do to improve performance of your searches.
>
> 1. Scope your search location. Only include the locations you think that
> you may find the file you're looking for. This will obviously speed
> things
> up.
> 2. Scope your search to only search for properties you care about. Use
> either the Advanced Search Pane or directly use Advanced Query Syntax
> (such
> as name:foo, or author:bar). See
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711.aspx for more details.
> The
> syntax isn't perfect and there is a lot of work trying to keep the
> behavior
> of non-indexed searches to match the behavior of indexed searches (which
> isn't perfect), even though it is two completely distinct search
> providers.
> 3. Add more locations of the files you care about to the index. When
> searching non-indexed locations like Computer, we will leverage the
> indexer
> to return results for indexed locations on the system.
> 4. Keep the "Search system folders" checkbox unchecked in the Search
> Options, unless you're sure that's where you want to look. When this
> option
> is set, searching from c:\ will not search within system directories like
> c:\windows and c:\program files.
> 5. Don't use the "Include non-indexed, hidden and system files (might be
> slow)" checkbox in the Advanced search box unless you have to. This
> option
> will not use the index at all and will perform a non-indexed search of all
> locations and also look in system folders.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Justin
>
> PS - I'm going to try to do a better job of popping into the newsgroup now
> and then to see if there is anything that needs answering.
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

On Mon, 19 May 2008 08:06:43 -0500, "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net>
wrote:

>Hi, Justin.
>
>Welcome to the newsgroup! ;<)
>
>> The progress bar was a design decision made by the program management
>> team.
>> It does not show progress,
>
>Well, it APPEARS to show progress. Where is there any indication to the
>user that it is showing anything other than progress?


>
>> but it does reflect that we're still performing
>> work.
>
>But there is NO feedback as to whether it might be finished - or give up -
>in another 10 seconds or that it might take another 10 hours - or 10 days.
>:>(
>
>There is no clue as to whether it is now searching in Drive C: or in Drive
>X: or even somewhere on the Internet maybe?
>
>> It was tweaked significantly during the different Betas and Release
>> Candidates until people were generally ok with it.

You mean the moronic beta testers that Microsoft uses that typically
can't find their rear ends with both hands behind their back?

The change from the long ago established practice of ANY Progress Bar
in any Windows application including Windows itself that would
steadily move from left to right IN ONE SINGLE PASS regardless how
long it took to indicate how much longer a task will take has been
rendered useless and laughable in Vista as a indicator of anything
other than the stupidity of Microsoft for changing what if anything it
is now suppose to indicate.

Now it is common for Vista's "progress" bar (the butt ugly green bar
at top of Explorer Window) to make multiple round trips from full left
to right thereby giving absolutely no real indication how much longer
some task will take. This is very noticeable in moving large volumes
of files and also in extended searching.

>I participated in the last year or more of the Vista beta; at least a
>half-dozen builds, both 32-bit and 64-bit. I recall significant
>improvements in some parts of Search, but NOT in this "progress bar" area.
>That feeling that it would never get to the Finish Line did not go away
>during the beta - or since.

Confirmation the Boys of Redmond are clueless idiots that don't know
how to program intelligently. It seems the changes were made in some
feeble attempt to hide their incompetence on how poorly Vista
internals now work under the labor of stupid things like DRM, and the
biggest red herring of them all "security" which means core features
now often must pass through a maze of bloated code just to get from
point A to point B thereby greatly slowing down routine tasks like
file handling.
>
>The non-productive and non-informative pulsing of that green bar gets to be
>INFURIATING!!! Doesn't anybody on the Microsoft Team understand that?

They don't give a damn. Which is the answer you can apply to nearly
every known Vista issue. Microsoft has an annoying habit of making
changes for change's sake without regard to how it actually impacts
performance or usability.
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

"Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OIPkfmauIHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Any time there is a change to the behavior of a tool, users are forced to
> experience some-to-much re-familiarization time. Hopefully, most will find
> the newly expanded abilities worth the admitted pain. Also, one hopes that
> usability improves as development continues.

Vista search simple DOES NOT WORK when searching for strings on my Vista
Ultimate machine. I've seen it work on another Vista machine, but search
does not work on my machine. I have given Microsoft an example of searching
for six identical files with six different extensions. Vista can find three
but is blind to the other three. Even "Advanced Search" and its checkbox
"Include non-indexed, hidden, and system files (might be slow)" cannot find
three of these six identical files.

In the last year, I have literally spend DAYS indexing and re-indexing and
re-indexing, trying to get Vista search to work. It does not work on my
machine in my hands. I have demostrated to Microsoft I can get search to
work correctly for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and XP. Why is prior Windows
knowledge NOT enough to get search to work in Vista?

I have begged and pleaded with Microsoft to find out why search doesn't work
on my Ultimate machine, OR give me the right to go back to XP. Microsoft
REFUSES to fix the problem, and REFUSES to let me go back to XP without
paying them more money because they made a flawed product. I just want the
search functionality that was in Windows Explorer in Windows 2000 (or XP
with the registry hack). Why is that too much to ask? Why is wanting a
product that works correctly too high of an expectation?

When "there is a change to the behavior of a tool" that breaks the
functionality, and when this is in a new product, I would have thought
Microsoft would care enough to listen and investigate. The bottom line is
MICROSOFT DOES RESPECT CUSTOMERS. Microsoft simply does not care about the
problems they create in their own software.

I normally want to do very targeted searches. I usually know what directory
to start in and usually need to search for a string in a few hundred or a
few thousand files. The free Agent Ransack
(http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/) lets me do searches that ALWAYS
work in Vista (it can find all six files in the search failure example I
gave Microsoft). But why should I need a 3rd party tool for such basic
search functionality when I paid for the "ultimate" version of Vista?

Here are the Microsoft guys that REFUSE to discuss the search failure of
Vista any more. They have blocked E-mails from me, since it's easier to
ignore me than fix the search problem in Vista:

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Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!


"Celegans" <Celegans@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:uOddjlduIHA.1504@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OIPkfmauIHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>> Any time there is a change to the behavior of a tool, users are forced to
>> experience some-to-much re-familiarization time. Hopefully, most will
>> find the newly expanded abilities worth the admitted pain. Also, one
>> hopes that usability improves as development continues.
>
> Vista search simple DOES NOT WORK when searching for strings on my Vista
> Ultimate machine. I've seen it work on another Vista machine, but search
> does not work on my machine.

That is a telling point. Why is it not working on your machine but is on
another? Is it a search with the same parameters on both machines?

I have given Microsoft an example of searching
> for six identical files with six different extensions. Vista can find
> three but is blind to the other three. Even "Advanced Search" and its
> checkbox "Include non-indexed, hidden, and system files (might be slow)"
> cannot find three of these six identical files.

I wonder if this is not a question of where the search is being done rather
than what is being searched for.


>
> In the last year, I have literally spend DAYS indexing and re-indexing and
> re-indexing, trying to get Vista search to work. It does not work on my
> machine in my hands. I have demostrated to Microsoft I can get search to
> work correctly for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and XP. Why is prior Windows
> knowledge NOT enough to get search to work in Vista?

If it is a different tool, then different technoques might be required and
the same techniques might get different resumts.
>
> I have begged and pleaded with Microsoft to find out why search doesn't
> work on my Ultimate machine, OR give me the right to go back to XP.

Did you inquire about "downgrade" rights?

Microsoft
> REFUSES to fix the problem, and REFUSES to let me go back to XP without
> paying them more money because they made a flawed product. I just want
> the search functionality that was in Windows Explorer in Windows 2000 (or
> XP with the registry hack). Why is that too much to ask? Why is wanting
> a product that works correctly too high of an expectation?
>
{Snip}

> I normally want to do very targeted searches. I usually know what
> directory to start in and usually need to search for a string in a few
> hundred or a few thousand files. The free Agent Ransack
> (http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/) lets me do searches that ALWAYS
> work in Vista (it can find all six files in the search failure example I
> gave Microsoft). But why should I need a 3rd party tool for such basic
> search functionality when I paid for the "ultimate" version of Vista?

OK. You have a solution. Use it and worry not. <g> That's what we all do if
we find a tool or feature or two we don't like. Use a work-around or another
tool. It's difficult for one system to be all things to all people, in my
view.
>
> Here are the Microsoft guys that REFUSE to discuss the search failure of
> Vista any more.

Well, I can't speak for them but my thought is they might believe they have
said as much as they think is helpful about the case you submitted.

{Snip}

In any case, this topic has brought a light to bear on a high degree of
frustration in some users. Hopefully, that will not be without effect.
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007
 
Re: Windows Vista x64 searches 5 times longer than Windows XP!

"Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> OK. You have a solution. Use it and worry not. <g> That's what we all do
> if we find a tool or feature or two we don't like. Use a work-around or
> another tool. It's difficult for one system to be all things to all
> people, in my view.

Luckily, our IT guys won't touch Vista, so search is not a problem at work.
I am penalized for trying to be on the leading edge of adopting Vista for
personal use. [I wanted to be a proponent of using Vista's search of file
tags on a special project at work -- a great solution to a particular
problem -- but there's no way I'm pushing for that pilot project using
Vista given how I've been treated by Microsoft on their failed Vista search.
Our IT manager won't let me call on behalf of the company about the search
problem because he doesn't want to talk to Microsoft AT ALL about Vista --
it's my fault I bought a personal copy, and Microsoft has treated me like
dirt as an individual on the flawed search on my Vista Ultimate.]

I worry about the future: I am also involved in aspects of technical
support at work and may need to search for certain kinds of files, which
means with Vista I will now need to take my own tools to every PC for
troubleshooting -- or talk users on the phone or E-mail into installing a
new tool before we can even look at certain problems. Some troubleshooting
using Vista will be a problem when files cannot be found because of Vista's
flawed search. I have explained this to Microsoft about how some scientific
files don't "obey" their rules, but Microsoft doesn't care.

Microsoft should have added a new feature, not removed an old reliable one.

> In any case, this topic has brought a light to bear on a high degree of
> frustration in some users. Hopefully, that will not be without effect.

But what good does bringing light do when Microsoft's arrogance and
condescension prevents them from caring enough to help customers get work
done? The flaws in Vista and the needless user interface changes in Office
2007 easily cost me a week of work last year (likely more). Why would
anyone want Vista/Office 2007 when Microsoft is hindering productivity and
provides NO SUPPORT when they screw things up?

Microsoft's attitude strongly says "we don't want customers" -- a bit like
IBM when I tried to buy OS/2 from them many years ago.

I have not considered Macs for a long time, but the arbitrary and
unnecessary differences Microsoft is imposing on customers with Vista and
Office 2007 make me really wonder if switching might be better. I truly
enjoy the PC Guy - Mac guy commercials, especially the recent one about PC
customers leaving and not coming back. Why should we tolerate the terrible
arrogance of Microsoft and all the wasted time they have caused with Vista?
The flawed Vista search has been the "deal breaker" for me. FRUSTRATION
levels are quite high when I cannot find old files, or even new ones, with
Vista's search, and Microsoft doesn't listen, doesn't care and doesn't fix
the problem.
 
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