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#128267 - 2004-10-21 06:51 PM New google desktop search engine ...
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	Has anybody tried this yet ? Was reading the privacy statement in detail ... have to be VERY carefull about installing this thing, else usage info will be sent back to google ... about your desktop seaches ... kinda makes me nervous little bit. -Shawn
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#128268 - 2004-10-21 07:06 PM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	it is supposed to keep every web page and email viewed, the contents of every file on the PC, and details of every CD/dvd placed in the PC. _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#128269 - 2004-10-21 08:16 PM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11628 Loc: CA	You can easily OPT out of sending the data to Google. You can use ZoneAlarm or other firewall software to "confirm" that it is not reporting back to Google. I ran it for about a week, but noticed that my system was getting slower and slower. I check and run a defrag and I have the most fragmented drive I think I've ever had. Not saying it is 100% Google fault, but either that or some other applications on my system don't get along with it. Ran Diskeeper 8 on it and defragged, removed Desktop Google, and system appears to be back to normal again. Your mileage may vary...
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#128270 - 2004-10-21 10:36 PM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	Thx guys, good enough reason for me not to try it. Reading between the lines doc, sounds like it wasn't too usefull anyways, ja ?
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#128271 - 2004-10-21 10:48 PM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11628 Loc: CA	For folks that can't seem to keep or know how to do file mangement (typical home user) it might be a good deal to help them find where they saved or put a file. XP Search does suck too in that it does Generic searches and not EXACT searches, but good enough to not need Google for myself.
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#128272 - 2004-10-21 11:44 PM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	who uses XP? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#128273 - 2004-10-22 12:24 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	users only have things in 3 places desktop, c:, my docs Anything else is 'you much have deleted it' _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#128274 - 2004-10-22 01:05 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11628 Loc: CA	hmmm According to Steve Balmer of Microsoft. Quote: Microsoft's operating systems run on more than 90% of the world's personal computers. Gartner and IDC claim PC sales of 45-46 million units worldwide in the quarter. That's a LOT of PC's which "most" ship with Windows XP. So, would seem that the question would be easier to answer if it was: "Who doesn't run XP?" It would be a much smaller list to print out then "Who runs XP?"
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#128275 - 2004-10-22 01:43 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	well, it depends what you mean with WHO. if who means someone that really is someone, the wheel is turned once again... _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#128276 - 2004-10-22 02:11 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11628 Loc: CA	Sorry, I don't subscribe to that type of mentality. All humans are of equal value to me. Yes, some are more educated than others, but that does not de-value them as a human being. I may not like some actions or deeds of some, but then again, God did not put me here to be their judge.
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#128277 - 2004-10-22 02:26 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Well... God must have put me here to accomplish certain things... so, at this rate, I figure I may never die. BTW, I really like XP... think it is the best OS to date but I would not give it to my users. They can stay on W2K. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#128278 - 2004-10-22 03:34 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Jack Lothian Jack Lothian MM club member Registered: 1999-10-22 Posts: 1169 Loc: Ottawa,Ontario, Canada	At my work, all our client machines are W2000 (about 6,000 machines) & I run W2000 at home as well. I don't think we are planning an OS upgrade in the near future either. I don't think W2000 is dead yet! As an aside, my bother runs XP PRO at both home & work & he finds XP is often getting in the way & making it harder for him to do things. He tells me to stay with W2000 as long as I can. On the other hand, my wife's new latop runs XP Pro & she says she hardly notices the difference between it & her old W2000 laptop. _________________________ Jack
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#128279 - 2004-10-22 03:54 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	I'm an XP fan myself - like Les, think its the best OS to date. I got a little turned-off Windows 2K early on - wouldn't/couldn't handle some of my games very well, ended up going back to 98. XP seems to have haved married serious business computing and serious gaming computing into one package.
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#128280 - 2004-10-22 09:45 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	XP? Isn't that this new Microsoft OS everybody is so happy to deal with ??? Hmm ... must try that one day when I got some work on the house down and have a few bucks left for a new gear Oh, and a word to this new google thing ... DON'T INSTALL THAT CRAP! IT'S TEH EVIL!!!111!ELEVEN _________________________
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#128281 - 2004-10-22 02:06 PM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	And of course who can forget Windows ME ? ... I sure can. What a piece of crap that was.
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#128282 - 2004-10-22 02:17 PM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	well, it developed nicely as basically XP is it's successor. and you all oldies tend to like that crap. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#128283 - 2004-10-25 09:32 AM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Good old grumpy, backwards striving Jooel Gotta love that fin It took me a long time to get over myself and start using XP. But it is indeed better I think too _________________________ The tart is out there
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#128284 - 2004-12-22 08:31 PM Re: New google desktop search engine ...
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11628 Loc: CA	Well it appears that this little GEM of a tool is beginning to rear some ugly behaviors already. Google search cache spawns SSL fear http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112204google.html Google Desktop Search Buggy, Fixed http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/55801096 Gartner: Google desktop search not enterprise-ready http://news.com.com/Gartner+Google+desktop+search+not+enterprise-ready/2100-1012_3-5490998.html?tag=nl
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