From: "Gregg N" 

This article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32109-2004Oct14.html

says that Google has beat Microsoft in providing index-based desktop
searching for Windows. However, Windows has included an indexing service in
Windows since Windows 2000. I use it frequenty. It is nice to be able to
find a file in 2 seconds rather than via an exhaustive search.

It also seems to be more powerful than what Google is offering, in that it
supports a query language in addition to free form entry. The only
complaint I have about it is that it is not obvious how to use it via the
normal Windows search GUI. For example, to use it to find a file, you have
to enter the search query

    {at}filename myfile.xyz

in the "Containing Text" field, and not the "Search for
Files" field (Windows 2000). Otherwise, the indexing service is
usually not used even if it is enabled.

Gregg

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