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Scoped Queries on NTFS Volumes May Not Return Hits for 8 Minutes After Boot

Article ID:260931
Last Review:March 1, 2007
Revision:3.2
This article was previously published under Q260931

SYMPTOMS

Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office may not return any results for up to 8 minutes after you initially start scoped queries on NTFS volumes.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.

This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.

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MORE INFORMATION

Scoped queries search a folder or folders instead of the entire index. The queries are "scoped" to one or more folders.

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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Keywords: 
kbbug kbfix kbwin2000sp1fix KB260931

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