[JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!

Thanks Brian, I don't know why this web site is saying they aren't, but
I'll check out my new vista laptop when I go home tonight (having to
work today unfortunately, and all of our pcs are xp, and will remain so
for some time to come I suspect).

My only guess is that MS may have patched things since that web site was
published; but who knows, maybe your manufacturer added those I-filters
for you.

ttyl,

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 Brian Lee
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:24 AM
> To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!
> 
> The Vista on my system includes CHM in the indexing and you 
> don't have to 
> add it.  Not only are they shown in the list, but I have done 
> searches for 
> *.CHM using the Vista search and they all immediately appear.  I just 
> checked for PDF files and I immediately got a list of them as 
> well.  I use 
> Vista Home Premium.  I am not sure about Vista Basic, but 
> those file types 
> definitely are indexed and immediately found on my system.
> 
> Brian Lee
> brianllee@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:11 AM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!
> 
> 
> Thanks Brian for your help, but unfortunately, just because 
> you can add
> an extension to the list, it doesn't mean the indexer can read it.  In
> order to read the contents of a given file type, the vista 
> indexer needs
> an "I-filter" for that type, and it does not have them for PDF or CHM
> files.  You can add them to the list of file types as you 
> point out, but
> it accomplishes nothing.
> 
> Below is from:
> 
> http://www.build6000.com/content/view/692/65/
> 
> 
> "While this is fine for these file types, I happen to have a large
> library of IT reference books stored as other document types, such as
> .PDF and .CHM. As Windows Vista search does not index the contents of
> these files it is a manual effort to open each file and continue the
> search within the file itself. A slight problem if you have 
> more than a
> couple of hundred documents (or reference books, yes I should get out
> more). So luckily for people who work with document and file 
> types that
> are not covered by the default iFilters, you can add 
> additional filters.
> "
> 
> 
> 
> 
> This site has links to various I-filters you can download and 
> install in
> order to bring the vista indexer closer in capabilities to Google
> Desktop.  On my Vista pc, I will investigate switching over 
> from Google
> desktop to the Vista indexer to see if I can add my network attached
> storage drive for indexing.  I can't seem to get Google 
> desktop to index
> it under Vista, and since it's got 250 gb worth of data, that's a big
> inconvenience (I don't know why since I've got it indexed using my xp
> laptop ... oh well ...).
> 
> 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 Brian Lee
> > Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 4:24 PM
> > To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [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
> > brianllee@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > ----- 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > 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 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > 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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