Category: Any version of Microsoft Windows with Windows Search 4.0 or later
Default excluded paths
Enabling this policy allows you to specify a list of paths to exclude from indexing by default. The user may override these paths and include them in indexing. On a per-user basis this policy setting will work only if a protocol handler referencing a SID-based user scope such as MAPI is specified. File system paths that do not reference a specific SID will not be excluded from indexing if these are only specified in the Group Policy under “User Configuration. ” To restrict a file system path from indexing please specify the file system path to be indexed under the “Computer Configuration” Group Policy.
Prevent indexing certain paths
If you enable this policy setting you specify a list of paths to exclude from indexing. The user cannot enter any path that starts with one of the paths you specified. On a per-user basis this policy setting will work only if a protocol handler referencing a SID-based user scope such as MAPI is specified. File system paths that do not reference a specific SID will not be excluded from indexing if these are only specified in the Group Policy under “User Configuration. ” To restrict a file system path from indexing please specify the file system path to be indexed under the “Computer Configuration” Group Policy. If you enable and then disable this policy setting users can index any path not restricted by other policies but their original list of paths to index is not restored.
Default indexed paths
Enabling this policy allows you to specify a list of paths to index by default. The user may override these paths and exclude them from indexing. On a per-user basis this policy setting will work only if a protocol handler referencing a SID-based user scope such as MAPI is specified. File system paths that do not reference a specific SID will not be included for indexing if these are only specified in the Group Policy under “User Configuration. ” To include a file system path for indexing please specify the file system path to be indexed under the “Computer Configuration” Group Policy.
Enable indexing of online delegate mailboxes
Enabling this policy allows indexing of items for online delegate mailboxes on a Microsoft Exchange server. This policy affects only delegate mailboxes that are online. Microsoft Outlook 2007 allows users to cache portions of delegate mailboxes locally (for example contacts or a calendar). This policy will not affect portions of a delegate mailbox that are cached locally. To have this policy affect all parts of a delegate mailbox ensure that for Microsoft Outlook 2007 no portions of the delegate mailbox are cached locally. The default behavior for Search is to not index online delegate mailboxes. Disabling this policy will block any indexing of online delegate mailboxes. Online delegate mailboxes are managed separately from online mailboxes. The “Enable Indexing of Uncached Exchange Folders” policy has no effect on online delegate mailboxes. To stop indexing of online mailboxes and online delegate mailboxes you must disable both policies.
Enable throttling for online mail indexing
When using Microsoft Office Outlook in online mode you can enable this policy to control how fast online mail is indexed on a Microsoft Exchange server. The lower you set this policy the lower the burden will be on the corresponding Microsoft Exchange server. The default value for this policy is 120 items per minute. To lower the burden on Microsoft Exchange servers lower the rate of items indexed per minute. If you disable this policy then online mail items will be indexed at the speed that the Microsoft Exchange server can support. If you set this policy to not configured then online mail items will be indexed at the speed of 120 items per minute. This policy has no effect on mail items when using Microsoft Office Outlook in cached mode.
Prevent customization of indexed locations in Control Panel
If enabled Search and Indexing Options in Control Panel does not allow opening the Modify Locations dialog. Otherwise it can be opened. Disabled by default.
Prevent clients from querying the index remotely
If enabled clients will be unable to query this computer’s index remotely. Thus when they are browsing network shares that are stored on this computer they will not search them using the index. If disabled client search requests will use this computer’s index. Default is disabled.
Disable indexer backoff
If enabled the search indexer backoff feature will be disabled. Indexing will continue at full speed even when system activity is high. If disabled backoff logic will be used to throttle back indexing activity when system activity is high. Default is disabled.
Prevent adding UNC locations to index from Control Panel
Enabling this policy prevents users from adding UNC locations to the index from the Search and Indexing Options in Control Panel. Any UNC locations that have already been added to the index by the user will not be removed. When this policy is disabled or not configured users will be able to add UNC locations to the index. This policy has no effect if the Files on Microsoft Networks add-in is not installed. Disabled by default.
Prevent adding UNC locations to index from Control Panel
Enabling this policy prevents users from adding UNC locations to the index from the Search and Indexing Options in Control Panel. Any UNC locations that have already been added to the index by the user will not be removed. When this policy is disabled or not configured users will be able to add UNC locations to the index. This policy has no effect if the Files on Microsoft Networks add-in is not installed. Disabled by default.