Microsoft KB Archive/270056

= Indexing Service Catalog Updates Take Several Hours or Days to Show Changes =

Article ID: 270056

Article Last Modified on 11/3/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows Indexing Service 2.0

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This article was previously published under Q270056



SYMPTOMS
When you update a catalog to include a new directory for indexing, the newly indexed directory's content does not appear for several hours or days. The files are eventually indexed, but the time lapse is not acceptable.



CAUSE
A significant change in Indexing Service, included with Windows 2000, is the behavior of instant indexing by default. When originally installed, the setting is set to index at regular intervals, but not instantly. In Index Server 2.0, this was set to index instantly by default.



RESOLUTION
To enable instant indexing, Indexing Service needs to be tuned by using the Indexing Service snap-in. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open the Computer Management MMC.
 * 2) Right-click Indexing Service, and then click Stop.
 * 3) Right-click Indexing Service again, click All Tasks, and then select Performance Tune.
 * 4) In the Indexing Service Usage dialog box, select Customize.
 * 5) In Indexing Service Performance Indexing, slide the slider bar to Instant.
 * 6) Right-click Indexing Service, and then click Start.

Additional query words: NT 4.0

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