i think i have finally got to grips with the service
i have been trying to get indexing service to index some PDF files on my
servers hard drive - i have now done this and when i use Query in the
catalog option in indexing service to search for a word inside a PDF it will find it instantly -
the same also applies to using the microsft search function and searching for a word inside a pdf in the folder that i have cataloged its instant with its results as i would expect .
Now while all that is fine what i really need to be able to do is to search
words that are in these PDF's from my desktop client machines (all XP) using the windows search function -
now dont get me wrong it works i can type in an invoice number thats written in the PDF and select the network folder its storred in and it will find it but it takes a while to find it its not instant like the search on the
server or the query in the indexing service - so i can only assume my
network client is not using the information from the servers indexing
service
so how do i make it use it is my question
if we forget about the pdfs for a mo - how does one get clients pc's (winxp) to use the indexing service of a server pc on the same network to search