[Trlog] Re: Trlog Digest, Vol 23, Issue 8

[Michael Neverdosky]

The bit of junk called findfast is a real pain. It uses lots of 
resources and doesn't do what they claim.

It is not hard to kill.

In Win95 and 98 it is started in the start directory.

You can stop it with msconfig.
Go to the START button and click on RUN.
In the window type "msconfig"
In the Program that pops up click on the "Startup" tab.
Find the line "Microsoft Find Fast" and uncheck the box.
Restart your computer.

You will likely need to do this again if you reinstall Office or any 
related MS products.

michael N6CHV

Paul Kirley wrote:
> At 05:24 AM 11/9/04 -0500, VE7FO wrote:
> 
>>Lately my computer has taken to running something 
>>called findfast which I presume builds an index on the contents of a 
>>bunch of files.  However, it's really arrogant how it goes about it, 
>>believing that it's more important than some other processes that are 
>>running.  At one point, it stopped TR while in the middle of a dah, 
>>causing me to transmit a steady carrier in a pileup for many seconds.
>>
>>I can get rid of it (and osa which I think is part of it) by hitting 
>>CTRL-ALT-DEL, scrolling down the list box and ending the task.  However, 
>>after a while, it's back, doing it's self-important busyness.  Can 
>>anyone tell me how to kill this thing so it doesn't come back to life?  
> 
> 
>>From the Excel Help File:
> 
> Ways to speed up file searches with Find Fast
> Find Fast creates indexes on your computer   Microsoft Office programs use Find Fast to speed up file content and property searches in the Find dialog box (Tools menu in the Open dialog box). When Find Fast is installed with Office, it automatically creates an index on each local volume of your computer to index all your Office documents. (Find Fast indexes are not created on removable drives or read-only mediums, such as CD-ROM drives.) Once created, an index is automatically updated. This means you don't need to do anything to take advantage of faster searching.
> 
> Change or create new indexes   If you want to create indexes for network folders or change an existing index, double-click Find Fast  in Windows Control Panel. Information for each indexing task is then displayed, including the drive, share, and folder location of the indexed documents, and the date the index was last updated. You can view additional details about a Find Fast index, such as the number of documents indexed and the size of the index, by clicking Information in the Update Index dialog box (Index menu).
> 
> For more information about creating, deleting, and updating indexes by using Find Fast, click Help in the Find Fast dialog box.
> 
> Good luck killing this turkey.
> 
> 73, Paul W8TM
> 
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