5th February 2001

Coming from the "Quicker Than Lassie" Department, Lockergnomie Denis Franco found a fabulous finding feature for W2k fans. So, the search engine didn't save your sanity? Something tells me that "chocolate covered moth balls" are not a popular treat (even for clothes). You've written countless papers on the subject, but they're scattered about your hard drive. The "Indexing Service" provides Windows 2000 users with far more functionality than the operating system's default Search feature. Right-click on "My Computer" and select the "Manage" option. In the left pane, double- click "Services and Applications." Right-click on the "Indexing Service" option to start the process. According to the documentation: "[it] extracts the information from a set of documents and organizes it in a way that makes it quick and easy to access that information through the Windows 2000 Search function, the Indexing Service query form, or a Web browser. Once the index is created you can query the index for documents that contain key words, phrases, or properties." Key feature? Being able to use the all-too-familiar Web browser interface to uncover relevant results.