The Buck Starts (and Stops) Here

I've been using the Google desktop search for a few weeks now and have to say it has become an essential quicker than anything else I have used for years, how many times have you spent ages looking for an old word doc or an email and been frustrated either by your poor memory for directories or how slow windows search is (and no it isn't any easier under linux unless you are very good with grep etc.).

Contrary to some reports GDS *will* search on network drives if you apply the registry fix detailed here see 'files on mapped drives' . It'll take a while as it is careful not to hog your machine but leave it overnight and you'll be able to search your network and machines as easily as the web - sounds weird saying that it should be the other way around that has resonance - but for getting on for 10 years now the web has been a doddle to search unlike the desktop!