IBM PC Club Desktop Search and Tools

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IBM PC ClubDesktop Search and Tools

• Jan 17, 2005
• Peter Hirsch
• pmhirsch_at_earthlink.net

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Outline

• Desktop Search
• Various Desktop Search Tools
• Demonstration
• desktop.google.com
• Other Useful Tools for Windows
• Slickrun
• BigDates

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Desktop Search

• Goal/Objective
• To quickly find files, e-mail messages, Instant
  Messages etc on your desktop
• Windows and Outlook search slow
• Vendors of Desktop Search
• Google desktop.google.com
• Yahoo desktop.yahoo.com
• Microsoft http//beta.toolbar.msn.com/
• Ask Jeeves http//sp.ask.com/docs/desktop/

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• Google Desktop Search is currently available for
• Windows XP and
• Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and above
• To install, you must have administrator
  privileges
• (home users shouldn't have this problem people
  in offices might).
• Requires 500MB of hard disk space
• Recommend a minimum of
• 128MB of RAM
• 400MHz Pentium processor

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• Search e-mail from
• Microsoft Outlook 2000 and
• Microsoft Outlook Express 5
• Search files in
• TXT, HTML, DOC, XLS, and PPT formats (Microsoft
  Office 2000)
• Search chats from
• AOL 7 and
• AOL Instant Messenger 5
• Search web pages viewed in
• Internet Explorer 5

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Slickrun

• Objective
• SlickRun is a free floating command line utility
  for Windows.
• SlickRun gives you quick access to any program,
  directory or website.
• Provides
• time, date, calculator, notepad, quick commands
  (magicwords)
• By Bayden Systems
• http//www.bayden.com/SlickRun/
• By Eric M. Lawrence
• Cost
• Free
• System Requirements
• Windows '98/ME/NT/2000/XP32 mb memory2 mb disk
  space 

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BigDatesWall Paper

• http//www.bigdates.com/
• Enter birthdates, anniversaries on their web site
• Can be used on multiple computers
• Can see all 12 months
• Reminders

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BigDates Wall Paper

• E-mail reminders
• Phone reminders
• Cards
• E-greetings
• Gifts

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BigDatesCost

• First 6 months of BigDates membership is free
• No credit card required to join
• After 6 months 5.95 a year
• About 50 cents a month