I've installed it many times and it seems to do well with not a lot of files to index. I've got four HD's in my system and it was indexing upwards of 80,000 files. It seemed to miss some files for no apparent reason, and strangely, YDS also missed the same files. I'd say WDS works well in a small environment, normal computer use etc. According to MS, it will search .pst's. I didn't take much of a perfomance hit once the initial scan was done.
Mike On 8/22/07, Andy Gallant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have experience/opinions to share about installing and using > Windows Desktop Search? My primary environment is Windows XP Pro. Are > there performance hits or other problems (it uses indexing)? Are there > security or privacy issues? Also, and mainly, how useful is it, and can > it search multiple Outlook pst files? Is it worth the time and trouble > to go down this path, or should I just stick with the standard > (dogless!) Search Companion? > > TIA. > > -Andy > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
