Recent content by JTL9000

Guess it's not quite fixed after all. Nothing is crashing yet, but the index stopped rebuilding after getting to 126 items and my system is hanging on shut down again. I'm going to clear the database and start adding index locations back one at a time and see what happens...

Thanks for the advice! Unfortunately, the System File Checker seems to ignore all the files related to Windows Search. However, it's looking like I might have just fixed the problem (though I'm not entirely sure how). I finally managed to find all the executable files tied into search and...

My system has been having a lot of problems today and, after a good two hours of trouble shooting, I finally narrowed the issue down to the Search Service, which must have gotten damaged or corrupted somehow. Here's the problems. 1. When the search service is running, IE8 and Word 2010...

Sigh... I decided to just give up and do a new custom install of 7 Pro. At least I can save myself a little time by grabbing some of my stuff out of the WindowsOld folder instead of restoring and reinstalling everything. Though I do think the fact that I had to do this is the first place is...

Seriously?!? The only reason I even installed the RC in the first place was because Vista Home Premium won't upgrade directly to 7 Pro thanks to the way Microsoft structured their upgrade paths (which, BTW, I can't think of any logical reason for) and I didn't want to have to format my entire...

The site is rather barebones, but from what I could gather they should work just like ordinary product keys. At this point, the only thing I can think of is that Anytime Upgrade may not actually work until after Win 7's official release date (if I use Anytime Upgdade to try and purchase a new...

I've got a upgrade related problem that I can't seem to figure out. I'm current running the RC of Windows 7 Home Premium and recently got a release copy of Win 7 Professional via Microsoft's Academic Alliance (which, for some reason, got it about a month before the official release date)...