Try Search! (And link to troubleshooting)

[Olya Veselova (Microsoft, OneNote team)]

I would like to encourage you to try out OneNote Instant Search! Try regular
and phrase (quoted) searches. Please install OneNote 2007 Beta 2 TR, because
many issues that people have experienced in Beta 2 have been fixed.

Note that OneNote will find your notes even if they have not been indexed
yet, because it always scans directly through any non-indexed items. So your
search speed will vary depending on how many of your notes have been indexed.

Please report any issues to us! (reliability, speed, etc.) We would really
like to catch any hidden problems before we get OneNote 2007 out the door.

OneNote 2007 B2TR search troubleshooting info is available here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2006/09/16/756826.aspx

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Olya,

One of the first things I noticed with the TR is that search seems much improved.


-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

 

[Hil]

After installing the refresh, what I noticed is that every few seconds my
hard drive would go absolutely crazy, making my computer completely freeze.
I tracked it down to Windows Search- disabling that fixed all my problems.
So, it may be giving better results, but it's not worth it for me until it
actually works.

Any suggestions?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Hil,

What version of WDS do you have installed?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

 

[Hil]

Whichever one is currently shipping with build 5600 of Vista.

This problem didn't occur until after the Tech Refresh of Office, so I
wonder if there's some issue there....

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Build 5600 = RC1?

Patrick Schmid

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Hil,

Oh. Well I have no idea which one that is. WDS 3.0 I hope.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

 

[Hil]

Yes

Build 5600 = RC1?

Patrick Schmid

 

[Patrick Schmid]

I just looked it up. Build 5600 is newer than RC1 (build 5564). RC1
shipped with the equivalent of WDS3 Beta 2 (WDS is a backport of the
Vista built-in search to XP).
I presume that 5600 uses a newer version which might be incompatible
with OneNote 2007 B2TR. B2TR is supposed to work with RC1. So if you are
running any later build, you are on your own.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Hil]

Vista RC1 is 5600. Just checked MS's site to confimr.

The Tech Refresh is suggested for RC1, which is what I'm running. If it's
got problems with their suggested config, they need to start ironing out the
bugs.

 

[Patrick Schmid]

First thing to try is completely rebuild your index (Control Panel,
Indexing Options, Advanced). Index could be corrupt and hence give you
trouble.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Yes, sorry. I got them mixed up. Did you try rebuilding the index?

Patrick Schmid

 

[Hil]

I did, still pretty bad performance problems.

Yes, sorry. I got them mixed up. Did you try rebuilding the index?

Patrick Schmid

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Go on connect.microsoft.com and sign up for the OneNote connection. Then
use the feedback link to submit this issue as feedback. MS will work
with you on it then.

Patrick Schmid