2000 and XP had indexed search engines. With document abstracts as well.
Still quicker to
dir c:\filename.ext /a /s
to find files than Vista's search.
"just bob" <kilbyfan-> wrote in message
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> "Puppy Breath" <> wrote in message
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>> It's a really great thing and the most important feature of Vista and all
>> the versions of Windows to follow. People just aren't used to having a
>> search engine on their own computer, and so can't appreciate its value.
>> This thing with *.pst was just getting off to a bad start because the
>> search index isn't about these old style searches. It's about
>> transcending "location" as the primary means of finding information and
>> finding things based on content or metadata properties instead.
>>
>> I think people are just so entrenched in doing things the way we have
>> been since the DOS era, it's going to take some time for people to really
>> appreciate it. Once you've truly learned how to use the search index
>> you'll never go back to the old way of doing things. But it's going to
>> take many months, maybe years, for the full understanding of its value to
>> reach everyone. But once you do "get it", you'll never go back to XP or
>> the old way of doing things. Guaranteed.
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> Not going to happen. Those of us who have to do tech support have to be
> able to manage the files, and know where they are. You can always build an
> index, later. But if you've nothing to index because you have not a clue
> where the files are....
>
> It was bad enough when Outlook was storing your PST files everywhere
> except in the folders you think you should be backed up. Having files
> scattered even more in the OS is a nightmare.
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