Re: List Index?

Carol Gula (cgula@innet.com)
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 18:42:58 -0500

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Greetings, all
Unless you are a full blown certified computer nut, beware. I downloaded
this when it was first offered. When I went to install it, it edited the
registry, changed all my desktop settings and preferences, reset the video
card and set the sound card on monaural. Fortunately, it did back up
everything it changed to the tune of 80mb lost hard-drive space, so I was
able to uninstall it with only severe damage to my daily thruput. It may be
that I was victim of an operator error, but I didn't think that
doubleclicking on the set-up icon could lead to so much grief. I am,
however, open to anyone who will offer suggestions as to what I should have
done.
Regards,
Mac Davis, Kelpie, WWP19#804, Aripeka, FL
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Force <rforce@uidaho.edu>
To: West Wight Potter <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: List Index?

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>You can also use AltaVista discovery to index your H.D. and search with
>a browser interface. You can get it from hotfiles.zdnet.com Here's the
>description:
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>AltaVista Discovery 08-24-98
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>Compaq Computer Corporation
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>AltaVista Discovery puts the power of the AltaVista search engine right
>on your computer. It appears on your desktop as a toolbar that allows
>you to perform keyword searches both locally and on the Internet. You
>can place the toolbar where you want it -- or have it attach to your
>desktop, browser, or both at the top or bottom. You can even set it to
>Autohide. Many other options allow you to customize the behavior of the
>program. You can have it default to simple or advanced searches
>(advanced searches support logical operators such as "not", "and", and
>"or"), specify the number of results to return on each page, highlight
>matching words, display search results in either an existing or new
>browser window, and more. For local searches, you can specify the
>drives, folders, and file types to index. A scheduler enables you to set
>the frequency of local index updates. When you conduct either a local or
>Internet search, the results are displayed AltaVista-style, right in
>your default browser. Selecting any local entry in the list launches the
>document in its associated program. Once your local drives are properly
>indexed, the speed at which AltaVista returns the search results is
>truly remarkable. If you're a fan of AltaVista, you're going to love
>AltaVista Discovery. It's easy to use, well documented -- and best of
>all, it's free. Reviewed on Aug 9 1998.
>
>System Requirements Windows 95, 98, or NT
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>Ron Force rforce@uidaho.edu
>Dean of Library Services (208) 885-6534
>University of Idaho Moscow 83844-2350
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