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User Option Settings

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The optional User Options registry settings control additional service options. These settings reside under the subkey:

      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Research\Options

Note  These settings cannot be set through the user interface.

Entry name Value type Value data Required? Default value
GroupTimeout DWORD Integer denoting the number of milliseconds before a time-out occurs when searching more than one service. No 60000
Timeout DWORD Integer denoting the number of milliseconds before a time-out occurs when searching only one service. No 120000
DiscoveryNeedOptIn DWORD Boolean used to ask the user to opt in to the discovery mechanism. This setting is irrelevant if NoDiscovery is set to 1. The HKEY_CURRENT_USER version of this value overrides the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE value. Possible values include:
  • True (1). Ask the user to opt in to the discovery mechanism.
  • False (0). Enable the discovery mechanism without asking the user.
 No False is assumed if absent.

For more information, see Controlling Service Installation Options and Configuring Service Discovery.