Re: 'Total Docs' value dropped dramatically

From: Hilary Cotter (hilaryk_at_att.net)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:22:49 -0400

Is it possible that the account the user is using to access the network
share has had its rights changed recently?

This would account for the discrepancy. 

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"Greg" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4b1801c48072$5e501470$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello
> We have IS running on our desktop machines and we all
> index and have full rights to 40,000 files across our
> network on our server. The number in the 'Total Docs'
> feild under IS in the MMC on all our workstations always
> says 40,000 whuch is what we expect; however a machine tht
> was displaying 40,000 the other day is now displaying just
> 2000 in the Total Doc field. The server files have not
> been changed and the other workstations still say 40,000
> which is correct.
> The machine that display 2000 does not return the same
> files in a search as the other workstations and so the
> 2000 number is not just a display error, but infact real
> as far as that machine is concerned.
>
> NOTE - this problem happen once before on a different
> machine, but over the next day it resolved itself back to
> 40,000.
> Any ideas why this is happening and what can be done to
> stop it?
>
> Thank you.

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