Category: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 with Windows Search version 3.01 or later

Enabling this policy allows you to add intranet search locations in addition to the primary intranet search location defined in the Add Primary Intranet Search Location policy. The value of this text should be:name1url1;name2url2;. . . nameNurlNFor example:MySearchhttp://mysearch. aspx?q=$w;MySearch2http://mysearch2?q=$w. For each search scope provide:1) A name for the scope such as ‘IT Web’. 2) The URL to the search service. Use $w in place of the query term for the search service URL. If your intranet search service is SharePoint Portal Server your query should resemble the following:http://sitename/Search. aspx?k=$wIf your intranet search service is Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) the query should resemble the following where XXXX is the locale ID of your WSS Service. For example the English locale ID is 1033. http://sitename/_layouts/XXXX/searchresults. aspx?SearchString=$wThese additional intranet search locations are added to the All Locations list in the Desktop Search results.

Enabling this policy allows you to set the location of the preview pane in the Desktop Search results. You can also turn off the preview pane. The four options are:- Auto- Right- Bottom- OffYou should consider enabling this policy to turn off the preview pane if your environment does not support Office XP or later. The full preview pane functionality is only available for Office documents in Office XP or later. When this policy is disabled or not configured the preview pane shows automatically to the right of the Desktop Search results and your users can choose the location of the preview pane

Enabling this policy allows you to specify whether you want large icon or small icon view for your Desktop Search results. The two options are:- Large Icon- Small Icon. If you have disabled the preview pane because your organization does not support Office XP or above you should enforce the large icon view so that users can see snippets related to their desktop search query. When this policy is disabled or not configured the default is small icon view.

Enabling this policy removes the option of searching the Web from Windows Desktop Search. When this policy is disabled or not configured the Web option is available and users can search the Web via their default browser search engine.

Enabling this policy defines a semicolon-delimited list of file extensions which will be allowed to have rich attachment previews. When this policy is disabled or not configured the default settings will be set to . bmp;. emf;. gif;. jpg;. jpeg;. png;. wmf;. wrn;. txt;. err;. xml;. cpp;. c;. h;. cxx;. hxx;. idl;. cs;. vb;. idl;. xsd;. doc;. docx;. xls;. xlsx;. ppt;. pptx;. vsd;. xlsb;. xltx;. dot;. rtf

Enabling this policy allows you to add a primary intranet search location within Windows Desktop Search. The value of this text should be:nameurlFor example:Intranethttp://intranetsearch. aspx?k=$w You must provide the following:1) A name for the scope such as ‘Intranet’. 2) The URL to the search service. Use $w in place of the query term for the search service URL. If your intranet search service is SharePoint Portal Server your query should resemble the following:http://sitename/Search. aspx?k=$wIf your intranet search service is Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) the query should resemble the following where XXXX is the locale ID of your WSS Service. For example the English locale ID is 1033. http://sitename/_layouts/XXXX/searchresults. aspx?SearchString=$wThis adds intranet search location to:1) The Windows Deskbar2) The Desktop Search results search box3) The WDS search box in Search Companion