System requirements

The following are required to use Microsoft Windows Desktop Search:

• To use Microsoft Windows Desktop Search to index and search your e-mail messages, you must have either Microsoft Outlook 2000 or later, or Microsoft Outlook Express 6 or later.
• Full preview of Microsoft Office documents in Windows Desktop Search results requires Microsoft Office XP or later.
• Minimum Pentium 500 MHz processor (1 GHz recommended).
• Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1.
• Minimum 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended).
• 500 MB of free hard disk space recommended. The size of your index depends on how much content you have indexed.
• 1024 x 768 screen resolution recommended.