vista tweaks

[Baz]

Right-click a drive in Explorer, Properties, there's a checkbox at the bottom, Baz.

  so it is. how quickly I forget these things. I dont have the option ticked, must have seen the tip elsewhere and unticked it

[Lance]

I think the indexing helps when you are searching from the start menu in Vista but I do as Sebby recommends and only let it index the areas in which I think I would want to search from that menu!

[Sebby]

It does indeed, Lance. It just depends what you want access to quickly.