I tries Agent Ransack after seeing Mark's recommendation and was amazed to find an address in a JPEG. When I looked at the file with Picasa it was an invalid image. I think there had been some corruption with a block of a DBF being saved as a JPEG - weird, but spotted by Agent Ransack. I'm convinced <g>
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > > But comparisons with Windows > > Desktop Search are not valid. WDS and similar tools like Google > > Desktop Search run as services and maintain a continually updated > > index as files are added and changed. > > Last I heard the general advice was "turn it off" as far as > the continual updating, certainly of WDS, goes. Has it got > better? Unless this is the case I don't want something on my > computer continually working away in the background keeping > up indices. And I *certainly* don't want something outside > my PC doing it. > > > > Agent Ransack is just a search tool that you fire up when needed. > > That "just" covers a lot of ground. Agent finds stuff for me > in a fraction of the time that WDS does, if WDS ever does > which it frequently doesn't. However, since I've got the > service turned off I may be doing it a disservice (pun only > intended "after the fact" 8-D). > > And as Paul (H) says, Agent finds text in any type of file. > > Mark Stanton > One small step for mankind... > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/ee70bc2f62e6414189f539b9274c9...@wessex1 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
