[JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!

LOL!  Across the Ocean?

Better download Google maps (grin)

Have a good holidays...Keith

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Gomes" <finnygomes@xxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 12:46 PM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!


everybody run and hide. Keith is mad. and he is hurling his computer, 
speakers, and monitor across the ocean to the united states.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Gillard" <kgillard@xxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!


> Uninformed bad Mouthing?
>
> Conversely,  I don't like to hear miss informed post that could cause 
> people
> some real spyware issues.
>
> Feel free to use what crap you want but don't tell me that I'm uninformed
> unless you can back it up!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 9:17 AM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!
>
>
> I have no idea what you're referring to???  What "proprietary nature"???
>
> It doesn't "take over" your browser; you can still set your preferred
> search engine to whatever you want; this just makes it a whole lot
> easier to find things on your pc.   You've really got to use it to
> understand how handy it is when you know you had that information
> somewhere ... you just bring up google desktop via insert+f10 and you've
> got the interface you're used to from the web google, and you get to
> search your files, your web pages, and your email, so you can find that
> book you ordered from amazon in a second.
>
> I've got over 300 thousand items (mostly files, e-books) indexed, and I
> couldn't hope to manage them all without a nice (and free) indexing
> tool.
>
> You may want to use something else, but I really don't like to see
> uninformed bad-mouthing of something that can be so useful to others who
> want to try it.
>
> Chip
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Chip Orange
> Database Administrator
> Florida Public Service Commission
>
> Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (850) 413-6314
>
> (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Gillard
>> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:09 AM
>> To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!
>>
>> Well I don't like the proprietary nature of Google desktop or
>> Google Tool
>> bar.
>>
>> There's a little utility that you cannot stop from running
>> that is supposed
>> to ensure that no other search engine takes over your browser.
>>
>> Some reports I have read says that it is a form of Addware.
>>
>> I blew it all away very quickly.
>>
>> Personal choice I guess...KG
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 8:01 AM
>> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!
>>
>>
>> I have to say I have google desktop on an xp laptop and a
>> vista laptop,
>> and don't have any issues with either.  I much prefer the
>> google search
>> interface.  I also am not sure that the vista indexer handles emails
>> like google desktop does.
>>
>> Yes, when you first install google desktop it can slow down
>> things a bit
>> while it does the initial index.  If you bring up your list of systray
>> icons with insert+f10, you can pause the indexing for google
>> desktop, or
>> stop it altogether, until you're able to let it run overnight.
>>
>> hth,
>>
>> Chip
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Chip Orange
>> Database Administrator
>> Florida Public Service Commission
>>
>> Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> (850) 413-6314
>>
>>  (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
>> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> > Christopher Collins
>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:29 AM
>> > To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [JAWSLite] Be careful of Google Desktop!
>> >
>> > Hello to all:
>> >
>> > I wanted to tell you about a problem I had with my computer
>> > which began a
>> > couple weeks ago.  I started noticing that my computer was
>> > not responding
>> > as fast as before, but worst of all, when I would turn on
>> my computer,
>> > sometimes JAWS would not come up or start at all, and I would
>> > have to shut
>> > down even a few times to get it to start.  So after I told
>> > myself to calm
>> > down and not panick, I started trying to think about any
>> > changes I could
>> > have possibly  made.  I also downloaded and installed the
>> > latest update to
>> > the RealNetworks Rhapsody Music Service.  At that time, I
>> was prompted
>> > about whether I wanted to install Google Desktop, and I
>> inadvertantly
>> > clicked Yes.  And then I thought, "Well, why not try it?"  It
>> > finally hit
>> > me that this program is indexing my computer in order to
>> > allow its searches
>> > and that it probably needs to start before anything else.  I
>> > uninstalled it
>> > on Saturday, and I have been fine ever since.  And a friend
>> > told me tonight
>> > that if you haveWindows Fista on your machine, you definitly
>> > don't want
>> > Google Desktop since that functionality is already a component of
>> > Vista.  If Google Desktop is currently on your computer, I
>> > advise that you
>> > uninstall it.
>> >
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