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I was able to do this in Windows XP Search and using something like Copernicus.

I don't see any way to do this with Windows 7 (other than making it available offline which means that all that data will be duplicated on my local drive.

What I've tried : I read elsewhere in the Windows 7 Help that you need to make sure the networked drive is indexed by it's O/S. So this network drive is on our Server (XP Pro, SP3) so I've installed Windows Search 4.0 and set it to indexing that drive.

I have another XP machine which is already indexed and Windows 7 still wouldn't let me add that drive to a Library (to get it indexed) because it's not indexed. So I'm not hopeful that the above solution will work.

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Go to the search settings. Open "Advanced Options" and choose "Add UNC Location"

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Thank you for the edit kez. I'm still getting used to the SO syntax. – ta.speot.is Jan 20 '10 at 0:10
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Hmmm... the "Add UNC Location" tab is not present in my Advanced Options windows (of Indexing Options). I have Win 7 Pro. Any ideas? – Clay Nichols Jan 20 '10 at 19:58
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I read on the Windows 7 forums that Windows Live signin assistant can cause this problem.

I have Windows Live Essentials pre-installed so I'll try uninstalling that.

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