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Control Freak

Sunday, October 19, 2008
By Yisrael Pinson

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

All I remember is the last name of the person.

It happens to be Cohen...

The “Find” option on Microsoft Outlook takes forever --and comes up with 12,372 results.

The time has come to install Google Desktop.

Installation time: Under one minute.

The promise: Will find anything that is on your hard drive in seconds.

The catch: Needs to "index" your hard drive.

Indexing is taking forever.

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

Indexing Status... 4%

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

Indexing Status... 5%

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

Indexing Status... 5%

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

Indexing Status... 5%

Forget about Google Desktop. I'm going back to the 12,372 results.

Why is my computer so slow?

Let's see if I got a new email.

Hey, the market is down again.

My screen is frozen.

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

Indexing Status... 5%

OMG, this is driving me nuts! ... I hate my computer.

What's wrong with Google?

I'm going to find out what’s wrong with Google.

Indexing Status... 5%... What's that in red?

Indexing while computer is idle only

Hmmmm...

The more I think I control, the less I am in control.

I need to find an email; and I need it now.

Too Bad.
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Latest Comments:
Posted: Nov 9, 2008
This may not be the spiritually pensive sort of answer you're hoping for, but I hope you find it useful.

If your computer was running slowly that day only, it's likely due to the fact that the install/indexing process was eating up most of your system resources. It's never a good idea to install something while you're in a hurry to do something else. Remember that your computer is sharing resources among every process that is running - some (like an install process) eat up a lot of resources, leaving less for everything else.

I can't tell from this article - but did you try "advanced find" under the tools menu in Outlook? You can run a more detailed search that way, and get better results.
Posted By Anonymous, Atlanta, GA

Posted: Oct 20, 2008
Nu
that's life isn't - it all happens in G-ds time not mine. good reminder.
Posted By sarah, wb, mi


 



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Rabbi Yisrael Pinson is the Director of the Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House in West Bloomfield, MI. Since joining the Friendship House he has helped create a local Jewish Recovery Community where recovering addicts are helped through support, guidance, friendship and community.

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