5 Apr
2004
5 Apr
'04
2:40 p.m.
Win2K (and I think NT4) has a document indexing service. For Win2K,
goto Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Computer
Management->Services And Applications->Indexing Service (I think there's
a quicker way to get there, but I use that so infrequently I don't
remember).
You can configure what documents are indexed. You can index PDFs
with a free plugin from Adobe. I think most MS formats are supported by
default. You can specify how often documents are indexed, what
directories or drives, etc.
The problem is the query tool isn't as readily available or as
usable as I would like. But it does work, and it's a little known service.
--jc
John Foust wrote:
At 09:36 AM 4/3/2004, you wrote:
I'm looking for a search engine I can
use on my network in the house. I
remember a long time ago (1998 or so), before the "browser wars" AltaVista
distributed a "personal AltaVista" that you could use on a personal computer
to allow for indexing/searching a local machine/network. This was at the
time that AltaVista was owned by Digital. I found a lot of announcements of
the product but no actual download points.
Does anyone have this or something else I can use internally? The server
runs Windows NT Server and I can install IIS.
I've wished for it - or something comparable - many times since
then, too. I was just talking about it with a friend the other
day. One nice feature was that it could look inside popular
file formats, like Word docs and Zip files.
I don't remember if it was available as a single download.
If I knew a filename of the installer, I might have a ghost of
a chance to find it in a backup. I don't think it required
NT Server. I remember running it on NT 4.0. If you find it,
I'd love to get a copy, too.
- John