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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.
