At 09:40 PM 4/5/2004, J.C. Wren wrote:
    Win2K (and I think NT4) has a document indexing
service.  For Win2K, goto Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative
Tools->Computer Management->Services And Applications->Indexing Service (I think
there's a quicker way to get there, but I use that so infrequently I don't
remember).
   The problem is the query tool isn't as readily available or as usable as I would
like.  But it does work, and it's a little known service. 
I remember turning it off.  On my Win2000 machine it's under My Computer /
Manage / Services and Applications / Indexing Service / Query the Catalog.
This brings up a form for entering search terms.  A link "Tips for searching"
brings up another sentence of help, and on that page, there's a button
"Query Syntax" that's a NOP on my machine.
http://lee.org/reading/computers/Search%20using%20Indexing%20Service.htm
- John