Author Topic: Windows Desktop Search (WDS 3.01) (Read 327 times)

Xjazz · « **on:** November 25, 2007, 02:22:45 AM »

Hi

Anybody use this search tool?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/default.mspx

Is it capable to find a text strings, example from the .ahf film files?

I asking this, because I'm coding with python language a AH film search script.

I was trying WDS installation but process stop to the 'enable Terminal Services'-message.

Before I will enable any windows 'Remote Desktop Connection' related services, I would like to know if there are possible security issues.

Thanks

Fulmar · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2007, 11:38:56 PM »

I have a feeling it won't be able to search text strings in a film. I've had mixed experiences using WDS. On my home computer (e6400, 4gb RAM, 500gb RAID 0) I seemed to have some hang ups occasionally. Plus, its not really worth it on my system as I'm not searching for files constantly. At work (as a graphic designer)I use it very frequently with fairly good results. Saves me time compared to the standard windows search. If I'm looking for a file or graphic and I'm not sure which server or archive it may be in, it saves me a lot of time with its indexing. Of course, indexing too several days (400,000 files) and I turn indexing off as it is a resource hog when I'm working.

Xjazz · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2007, 01:39:10 PM »

Thanks for the info. I develop my own search script then

Scca · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2007, 02:11:23 PM »

There is a tool I use to search for text strings within files it's can be found here http://www.textpad.com/ It's a pure text editor that has a find in files feature. It works on non-text files too.

The free download has a trial, but I do not know if it's fully functional.

68Wooley · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2007, 01:31:58 PM »

The free trail in Textpad is fully functional and never expires - it just pops up a message asking you to purchase every now and again - nothing too annoying. Its a great tool for any programmer and has a number of syntax files available for highlighting code in different langauges.

Xjazz · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2007, 03:35:26 PM »

TY for the repleys.

Anyhow, I wrote my own .ahf file search script
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219723