• Windows Search 4.0 0x643 failures

    Posted on August 16, 2008 at 09:32 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    For those of you who have been trying to install Windows Search (formerly Windows Desktop Search) on your Windows XP machines, this just in from the MS Update team blog:

    Windows Search 4.0 has been available on WU [Windows Update, and Microsoft Update] for a few weeks now, and we’ve been getting some questions about installation failures and error code 0x643. We’ve done some investigation and found out that the installation failure in this case may actually be caused by the computer configuration, which in most cases can be easily changed to allow for successful installation and functionality of Windows Search 4.0.

    In this case, when WS4.0 runs under Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP, it requires Terminal Services to be running. By default, Terminal Services are set to start automatically in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003; however, system administrator or third-party software may have chosen to disable them. In order to enable installation and subsequent functionality of Windows Search 4.0 on your machine, you need to have Terminal Services running first.

    If you can’t get Windows Search to install and you get an error code 0x643, hit the blog for details on cranking up Terminal Services.

    Personally, I use Google Desktop Search, the pioneer in the field, but it’s a toss-up as to which one is better.

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