[JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!

You are exactly right. Google Desktop certainly beats XP searching capabilities. I do want to mention though that for those using Vista, chm files are included in the indexing. If a file type is not being indexed in Vista, it can easily be added to the indexer. Here are the steps: 

1. Open the control panel from the Windows start menu.
2.  Type the word "index" (without the quotes) into the search box.
3.  Tab to Indexing Options and press enter.
4. Tab to the Advanced button and press enter. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 5. Use shift-tab to move to the page tabs and right arrow to the files of type page. 6. Tab to the list of file types. There are 766 listed in the list on my system. You can arrow down and check or uncheck the various types. You can also tab to an edit box and type in a file type not listed. After typing in a new extension then tab to the Add new Extension button and activate it. 7. There are also a group of radio buttons that allow you to choose to index only the properties or the properties and file content.
Merry Christmas to everyone on the list! I hope the new year is a good one for all of you! 

Brian Lee
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:48 AM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!


Brian,

This is a good point; but for some reason, it only happens when outlook
is first started; each time you return to the outlook window it is then
focused correctly.

I will go investigate the Vista indexer, but there are still many many
people on xp, and I think Google desktop is quite useful to them.

I guess I'll need to go trackdown an article comparing it to vista
indexer, especially to see how many file types vista indexer will index.
One of the nice features of google desktop is that with an optional
component, it will index .chm files, and I've got a lot of e-books in
that format.

thanks.

Chip






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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission

Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314

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-----Original Message-----
From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Lee
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 12:27 PM
To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!

The Vista indexer does handle E-mails by default.  You can
also set the
indexer to include everything on the hard drive or whatever
specific folders
you want indexed.  I have not had much experience using
Google desktop, but
one of my clients has complained that every time she starts
her E-mail and
thinks that her system is focused in the E-mail list, she
notices that she
is not and that the Google Desktop takes focus.  She can use
Alt-tab to move
to her list of E-mail messages but this is kind of frustrating to her.

Brian Lee
brianllee@xxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 7:01 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






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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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