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  1. 09-30-1999 07:35 PM #1
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    What is FastFind?

    What actually is Microsoft's FastFind and is it better to have it running or not. Just wondering if it is helpful or actually degrades performance.
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  2. 09-30-1999 07:51 PM #2
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    It is an MS Office APP that catalogs the entire PC's hard drive in hopes of speeding up access for Office Documents and such. It does a full catalog after 30 minutes of PC running time. This usually takes from 1-4 minutes and your PC will slow to a crawl during it. After that, on a preset interval, it will perform another catalog. The default is 2 to 4 hours later.

    I have seen nothing good out of using the feature. I have reduced many complaints of lockups at work simply by turning it off from control panel. I recommend not using it.

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  3. 10-01-1999 03:58 PM #3
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    It is EVIL, EVIL, EVIL.
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  4. 10-01-1999 08:50 PM #4
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    Yup it be a trouble maker.Osa is also something that can cause those funny little problems that we all love so much.
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  5. 10-05-1999 08:10 AM #5
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    Findfast and OSA are useless
    The 1st thing I do after installing Office is to remove the shortcut from the startup, delete the indexes and stop Findfast...

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