Microsoft has released the first public build of Windows Search 4.0. Windows Search 4.0 is the latest version of Windows Search and it provides a more efficient and more comprehensive solution for quickly finding documents, e-mail messages and attachments, calendar appointments, photos, and almost anything on your PC.

Windows Search 4.0 includes the following improvements:

• Support for the Encrypting File System (EFS)
• Reduced affect on Microsoft Exchange when you index e-mail in online mode, and there is no local cache (.ost)
• Support for indexing online delegate mailboxes
• Support for client-to-client remote query to shared indexed locations
• Improved indexing performance
• Faster previewer updates for Windows XP
• Per-user Group Policy settings
• Windows software updates for Watson errors

Download Squad has given a comparative study of Windows Search 4.0 and Google Desktop search.

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