My computer is bloated. It’s got- oh about 1Terabyte of data on it. That’s about 1000 Gigabytes of hardcore stuff. With a mess like that, I rely on the search function of vista to look for files. No longer do I use the folders menu or the programs menu on Start. No siree…. That would take forever! Using the Search Funtion gets me what I want… FAST.

Now, there’s a new version. WS4.0. Like the existing iteration, WS4 lets you perform an rapid  search of your computer. WS4 helps you find and preview docs, mail data, music files, digicam images, and other items on the computer. I tested it- and it’s really really fast.
Please refer to the Knowledge base article KB940157 for what this tech can do for you..

Here’s what’s new in the current downloadable build, according to Microsoft:

Many bugs vexing Windows Vista users have been patched up.

WS4 is 33% faster.

Remote Index Discovery now allows PC to PC search. Across all supported versions of windows!

Rollback Recovery allows the search index to roll back to the last known good state; indexes are not rebuilt from scratch when exceptions occur.

Upgrade your search now!

Download:
Windows Search 4.0 Preview for Windows Vista x86 | x64 Edition
Windows Search 4.0 Preview for Windows Server 2003 x86 | x64 Edition
Windows Search 4.0 Preview for Windows XP x86 | x64 Edition
Multilingual User Interface Pack for Windows Search 4.0 Preview for Windows XP