It's one of the ironies of the digital life that it's easier to find stuff that's hosted on a computer 1000 miles away than it is to find the email that you wrote to you co-worker last Tuesday. Windows native Search function is a slow dog, and Outlook's is even slower (no dog, though.) I'd used Google's Desktop Search before but wasn't terribly happy. I don't remember why, exactly, but I ended up uninstalling it.
Our new CTO, a former Microserf, suggested Windows Desktop so I tried it out. And yes, it does exactly what I need it to do -- I plug in a keyword and up pops a list of emails, documents, etc. I find myself using it at least ten times a day. A great productivity tool.
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