From: "Hrvoje Mesing" 


"Gregg N"  wrote in message
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> This article
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32109-2004Oct14.html
>
> says that Google has beat Microsoft in providing index-based desktop
> searching for Windows. However, Windows has included an indexing service
> in
> Windows since Windows 2000. I use it frequenty. It is nice to be able to
> find a file in 2 seconds rather than via an exhaustive search.
>
> It also seems to be more powerful than what Google is offering, in that it
> supports a query language in addition to free form entry. The only
> complaint
> I have about it is that it is not obvious how to use it via the normal
> Windows search GUI. For example, to use it to find a file, you have to
> enter
> the search query
>
>    {at}filename myfile.xyz
>
> in the "Containing Text" field, and not the "Search for
Files" field
> (Windows 2000). Otherwise, the indexing service is usually not used even
> if
> it is enabled.


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Im not sure about Win2K, but in WinXP You dont need to specify
"{at}filename" ? .. You address the search in normal way, or for
file names or for containing words/etc. search.
There is an option to use or not to use Indexing service.

This is very nice and it is really very fast + very usable! - every day use
on  my desktop or servers.


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M.

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