Search WAY too slow!!!

[Cameron Hughes]

The Search feature in Windows XP is so damn slow it's practically
unusable. Is this a known problem? Is there a setting I can apply to
speed it up? Frequently I go to the Task Manager and the Search
operation will be listed as Not Responding. Also, the Search program
seems to be continually builing an index of local files, should this
happen every time I load the Search program?

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

***************** Cameron Hughes *****************
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*********** '00 Sportster 1200 Custom ************
**************** Carpe diem, baby ****************

 

[dev]

Cameron Hughes said:

The Search feature in Windows XP is so damn slow it's practically
unusable. Is this a known problem? Is there a setting I can apply to
speed it up? Frequently I go to the Task Manager and the Search
operation will be listed as Not Responding. Also, the Search program
seems to be continually builing an index of local files, should this
happen every time I load the Search program?

Try the free Agent Ransack, and your woes may cease...
http://WWW.AGENTRANSACK.COM/index.asp

 

[Cameron Hughes]

Cameron Hughes said:


Try the free Agent Ransack, and your woes may cease...
http://WWW.AGENTRANSACK.COM/index.asp

Hey, great program! Thanks a lot!!!

***************** Cameron Hughes *****************
************ (e-mail address removed) *************
*********** '00 Sportster 1200 Custom ************
**************** Carpe diem, baby ****************

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Cameron.

I seldom use the Search feature. Probably because I've been computing since
before Windows and am still quite comfy at the C:> prompt in a "DOS" window.
I even use a Shortcut Key (Ctrl+Alt+M - for MS-DOS) to open the Command
Prompt.

So, no matter where I am, Ctrl+Alt+M pops up a "DOS" window with a prompt.
From there, Dir D:\file*.* /s /a gives me a list of all files with names
starting with "file" (and any extension) on the D: drive. The \ starts it
in the Root of the drive, the /s shows files in all subdirectories, and /a
shows me ALL files, no matter which attributes are set. Dir /? gives me a
mini-Help file showing all the switches and parameters available with the
Dir command.

Usually, I can find the file I'm looking for in less time than I could even
start the Search feature. Of course, this doesn't work so well for finding
text within a file or many other kinds of Searches. But, most of the time,
Dir /s /a is all I need.

RC

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Do you have the Index Service running and configured correctly - that can
greatly decrease your search times.

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Mike
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