Google or Windows Desktop Search?
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I'm using Google Dektop Search, but some factors have done me think about Windows Desktop Search (Like Microsoft World Domination Plans Vista Built-in Desktop Search, and Google Desktop let my computer really slow sometimes... Then, what your use and why?
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Neither. Because I know where I put it, and I don't want to tell Microsoft or Google, it just doesn't seem right to me.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Neither. Because I know where I put it, and I don't want to tell Microsoft or Google, it just doesn't seem right to me.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Lucky. I don't even know where i put things in real life, where i can presumably put them in places that make sense, on shelves in plain view and such. :rolleyes:
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I'm using Google Dektop Search, but some factors have done me think about Windows Desktop Search (Like Microsoft World Domination Plans Vista Built-in Desktop Search, and Google Desktop let my computer really slow sometimes... Then, what your use and why?
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:I use the Windows Desktop Search. I wouldn't use Google desktop search. I really don't have a great need for searching other than through e-mail and notes in OneNote. And as it turns out Outlook 2007 and OneNote need WDS, so that kind of removes the decision from me.
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I just installed GDS again today. I'd been using WDS for the past couple of months. There are parts of WDS i liked: the interface meshed well with Explorer, providing context menus and such. But it just doesn't search as well. I found myself using it far, far less than i'd ever used GDS. Things i'd have gone to GDS for without thinking twice - where is the text file i made notes on for today's meeting, which source file did i put that useful little routine in - i usually tried to find some other way before going to WDS. The final straw came a few days ago, when i noticed response time being very, very slow when switching to an app that i'd had open for a day or so, checked the task manager, and saw that the WDS indexer was chewing up over a gig of virtual memory. So i'm back to using GDS. It's fast (almost instant results), it isn't chewing up memory, and i'm happy and productive again.
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Shog9 wrote:
It's fast (almost instant results), it isn't chewing up memory, and i'm happy and productive again.
Magic words :-D
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Neither. Because I know where I put it, and I don't want to tell Microsoft or Google, it just doesn't seem right to me.
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Likewise
Found on Bash.org [erno] hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.
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I'm using Google Dektop Search, but some factors have done me think about Windows Desktop Search (Like Microsoft World Domination Plans Vista Built-in Desktop Search, and Google Desktop let my computer really slow sometimes... Then, what your use and why?
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Lucky. I don't even know where i put things in real life, where i can presumably put them in places that make sense, on shelves in plain view and such. :rolleyes:
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My PC is like my house. I have a junk room in the house, I have a junk drive on the PC. If I can't find something, it's in the junk area.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Neither. Because I know where I put it, and I don't want to tell Microsoft or Google, it just doesn't seem right to me.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
Because I know where I put it,
Well, exists another reasons to use indexed search. By example, when you are not the only user of the computer ;):laugh:
Christian Graus wrote:
and I don't want to tell Microsoft or Google
But this is a good reason :laugh:
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Christian Graus wrote:
Because I know where I put it,
Well, exists another reasons to use indexed search. By example, when you are not the only user of the computer ;):laugh:
Christian Graus wrote:
and I don't want to tell Microsoft or Google
But this is a good reason :laugh:
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Clickok wrote:
By example, when you are not the only user of the computer
OK, that doesn't happen to me, either.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I just installed GDS again today. I'd been using WDS for the past couple of months. There are parts of WDS i liked: the interface meshed well with Explorer, providing context menus and such. But it just doesn't search as well. I found myself using it far, far less than i'd ever used GDS. Things i'd have gone to GDS for without thinking twice - where is the text file i made notes on for today's meeting, which source file did i put that useful little routine in - i usually tried to find some other way before going to WDS. The final straw came a few days ago, when i noticed response time being very, very slow when switching to an app that i'd had open for a day or so, checked the task manager, and saw that the WDS indexer was chewing up over a gig of virtual memory. So i'm back to using GDS. It's fast (almost instant results), it isn't chewing up memory, and i'm happy and productive again.
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I just installed GDS again today. I'd been using WDS for the past couple of months. There are parts of WDS i liked: the interface meshed well with Explorer, providing context menus and such. But it just doesn't search as well. I found myself using it far, far less than i'd ever used GDS. Things i'd have gone to GDS for without thinking twice - where is the text file i made notes on for today's meeting, which source file did i put that useful little routine in - i usually tried to find some other way before going to WDS. The final straw came a few days ago, when i noticed response time being very, very slow when switching to an app that i'd had open for a day or so, checked the task manager, and saw that the WDS indexer was chewing up over a gig of virtual memory. So i'm back to using GDS. It's fast (almost instant results), it isn't chewing up memory, and i'm happy and productive again.
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True. The normal Indexing service too slows down the PC and unless it is configured to exclude ASP.NET folders, very often I get the 'Access is denied' errors with the line pointing to machine.config. :)
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I'm using Google Dektop Search, but some factors have done me think about Windows Desktop Search (Like Microsoft World Domination Plans Vista Built-in Desktop Search, and Google Desktop let my computer really slow sometimes... Then, what your use and why?
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Windows Desktop Search. Of the searches out there I'm not impressed with any of them really. I've tried all of them. I love Windows Desktop compared to any of the others and I truly have tried them all. With WDS I manage of 400 gigs of data and can search all of it in less than 20 seconds.
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I use the Windows Desktop Search. I wouldn't use Google desktop search. I really don't have a great need for searching other than through e-mail and notes in OneNote. And as it turns out Outlook 2007 and OneNote need WDS, so that kind of removes the decision from me.
> And as it turns out Outlook 2007 and OneNote need WDS That's what I thought, but it's not true, at least for Outlook 2007. Google desktop search installs a toolbar inside Outlook 2007 (if you ask it to), so i've been able to remove Windows desktop search, which I disliked because you have to jump through hoops when you search on an area not indexed, as windows explorer defaults to the desktop search...it should be smart enough to know that area is not indexed and thus pull up the old search window.
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I'm using Google Dektop Search, but some factors have done me think about Windows Desktop Search (Like Microsoft World Domination Plans Vista Built-in Desktop Search, and Google Desktop let my computer really slow sometimes... Then, what your use and why?
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:I use Vista's built in search and it is brilliant.
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I'm using Google Dektop Search, but some factors have done me think about Windows Desktop Search (Like Microsoft World Domination Plans Vista Built-in Desktop Search, and Google Desktop let my computer really slow sometimes... Then, what your use and why?
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Clickok wrote:
Re: Google or Wi
I had GDS, and even without using it, found that it had used 250M of bandwidth (receive) unbeknownst to me. This only came out after we hi our cap and the report showed me as the highest user that week. Another guy at our office had the same problem. I now use Copernic Desktop Search, and it seems neat, well behaved and fast. Try it.
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Windows Desktop Search. Of the searches out there I'm not impressed with any of them really. I've tried all of them. I love Windows Desktop compared to any of the others and I truly have tried them all. With WDS I manage of 400 gigs of data and can search all of it in less than 20 seconds.
What put me off WDS is that when viewing a search hit in the preview pane, I couldn't find the search term. I had to copy and past from the preview pane into Notepad and do a Find. That is ridiculous.
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I'm using Google Dektop Search, but some factors have done me think about Windows Desktop Search (Like Microsoft World Domination Plans Vista Built-in Desktop Search, and Google Desktop let my computer really slow sometimes... Then, what your use and why?
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Spotlight built into Mac OS X. Very fast.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I'm using Google Dektop Search, but some factors have done me think about Windows Desktop Search (Like Microsoft World Domination Plans Vista Built-in Desktop Search, and Google Desktop let my computer really slow sometimes... Then, what your use and why?
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Both GDS and WDS are slow and at times hangs up or give crap results. i use Copernic desktop search and its much better, both interface and functionality wise. No one here seems to use it... :(
All are born right-handed. Only gifted few overcome it. There's NO excuse for not commenting your code.
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Both GDS and WDS are slow and at times hangs up or give crap results. i use Copernic desktop search and its much better, both interface and functionality wise. No one here seems to use it... :(
All are born right-handed. Only gifted few overcome it. There's NO excuse for not commenting your code.
I also use Copernic, it takes a while to build the initial index if you have over 300gb of stored data (like me). You can tweak the settings and have it index the files and folders and drives as you choose. You also have the ability to have it index the file names only or the content of entire file. It's nice to get results from email search that includes all of my off-line folders and their attachments.:cool:
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What put me off WDS is that when viewing a search hit in the preview pane, I couldn't find the search term. I had to copy and past from the preview pane into Notepad and do a Find. That is ridiculous.
I think there is an add-in you can get for that.