Find Fast

[Steve Hayes]

Is there any way to set Find Fast so that it begins its indexing when *I* want
to do it, like 3:00 am?

And also, so that it tells me that it is running, and that a virus hasn't
taken control of my computer?

Once it starts, the only way I can continue working is to switch the power off
and restart the computer -- it takes control so completely that it is
impossible to do a normal shut-down to stop it. And then I have to wait 10
minutes for the computer to reboot -- very frustrating when I'm trying to meet
a deadline and it hi-jacks my computer at 9:30 am.

 

[Don Phillipson]

Is there any way to set Find Fast so that it begins its indexing when *I* want
to do it, like 3:00 am? . . . I have to wait 10
minutes for the computer to reboot -- very frustrating when I'm trying to meet
a deadline and it hi-jacks my computer at 9:30 am.

This never happens to me because I always unselect Find Fast
(and use Powerdesk PDFind rather than Windows Find anyway.)
What is the practical benefit of Find Fast?

 

[Malke]

Is there any way to set Find Fast so that it begins its indexing when *I*
want to do it, like 3:00 am?

And also, so that it tells me that it is running, and that a virus hasn't
taken control of my computer?

Once it starts, the only way I can continue working is to switch the power
off and restart the computer -- it takes control so completely that it is
impossible to do a normal shut-down to stop it. And then I have to wait 10
minutes for the computer to reboot -- very frustrating when I'm trying to
meet a deadline and it hi-jacks my computer at 9:30 am.

Find Fast, installed with older MS Office suites, was deeply flawed and
problematic. The best solution to Find Fast is to disable it using its
Control Panel applet.

Malke

 

[Xandros]

Get rid of it. You can disable it through the Control Panel and you can also
use this little freebie to disable it http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

 

[Gerry]

You do not want to use Fast Find. A clever idea that creates poor system
performance!

OFF97: How to Disable the Find Fast Indexer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;158705&Product=ofw97


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Gerry]

Long time since I have seen a reference to Findfast. Your reaction is
the same as mine.

Find Fast is a name from the past. It rarely get a mention nowadays.
Most likely because more recent versions of Microsoft Office no longer
have Find Fast to run as a default setting.


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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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