Google Desktop

[Guest]

First, this may be a stupid question but I have a Google Desktop icon on my
desktop and I don't know how it got there. Does it come bundled with Windows
Vista, or from Dell, or is it something I have installed myself?
Next, does it affect Vista's searching. If I disable the indexing function
of Google Desktop but leave the sidebar on, will it make any difference?

 

[Guest]

Google paid DELL a billion dollars($1,000,000,000) to allow them to put
Google's s**t on Dell's crap.

 

[Malke]

First, this may be a stupid question but I have a Google Desktop icon on my
desktop and I don't know how it got there. Does it come bundled with Windows
Vista, or from Dell, or is it something I have installed myself?
Next, does it affect Vista's searching. If I disable the indexing function
of Google Desktop but leave the sidebar on, will it make any difference?

It came preinstalled. If you don't want it, go to the Vista version of
Add/Remove Programs, Programs and Features, in Control Panel and
uninstall it.


Malke

 

[Debbie]

I found my RAM usage was running high on my new Dell computer. I deleted the
google desktop and toolbar and it helped free up some RAM. It's not a bad
idea to look at all the programs that came with your Dell to see if there are
other programs you don't ever plan to use and uninstall them.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

I found my RAM usage was running high on my new Dell computer.

You may be misunderstanding how Vista caches stuff into unused RAM.

ss.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I found my RAM usage was running high on my new Dell computer. I deleted the
google desktop and toolbar and it helped free up some RAM.

Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly
all, of your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free
memory is wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see
any of it wasted.

Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all the
time. For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will use that
part for caching, then give it back when your apps later need it. In
this way Windows keeps all your memory working for you all the time.

It's not a bad
idea to look at all the programs that came with your Dell to see if there are
other programs you don't ever plan to use and uninstall them.

It's certainly not a bad idea to do as you suggest, but you should
realize that doing so can only save you some disk space. It can have
*no* effect on performance. What is running can affect performance,
but not what is installed but not running.

 

[Debbie]

Thanks for the clarification. I'm obviously not too versed on this stuff. My
kids always said if my computer was running slow it needed more RAM. I think
they might have had ulterior motives. Anyway, I appreciate your comments. It
makes me feel better about watching that meter on the sidebar.