Microsoft seems to indicate that Microsoft Search service is only available on NT or W2K Server....

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sqldmo/dmoref_ob_f_6ppw.asp

There are other places on MSDN that say the same thing.


>>Full-text indexing is a separate service that much be installed on the same box that SQL Server is installed on.
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>Ok, I'll put the CD back in and will try to see if I can find that component. So, you're saying that even directly on a PC, not a server, I should be able to benefit of that. If that is true, then, it'll be a time saver for me to apply some tests without having to install everything on a server just for that.
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>Once I find the component on the CD, as I installed SP3, will there be some considerations to take in order to assure that this component also benefit of SP3?