Word Problems

[Steve Ferrell]

I have 10 users using new P4/1.8Gz PC with 128MB RAM,
Running WinXP Pro and Office XP. Each user has between
12 - 25 thousand Microsoft Word files on their respective
PC that each user performes a search on before selecting
his/her desired file. This takes a very long time.. I
have doubled the memory (256MB now), removed all
unnecessary background files (screen savers and ect.),
flashed the BIOS, updated all Service Packs for both
Windows and Word, cleared all Temp files, ran Scandisk
and Defrag, Checked the Services folder to make sure only
required programs are running, But to no avail... Help!!
1. What is the problem here and how do I fix it?
2. What would be the best way to manage this large amount
of data files and still allow the customer to search for
desired files and still maintain performance?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Steve,

What are they searching for (file name, properties
of the file, scan the entire file set for contents)
and from where are they performing the search?

The Windows/Office Indexing service will take some
time to create the index files on the PC. You may
also want to consider a document management system such
as Sharepoint http://microsoft.com/sharepoint

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I have 10 users using new P4/1.8Gz PC with 128MB RAM,
Running WinXP Pro and Office XP. Each user has between
12 - 25 thousand Microsoft Word files on their respective
PC that each user performes a search on before selecting
his/her desired file. This takes a very long time.. I
have doubled the memory (256MB now), removed all
unnecessary background files (screen savers and ect.),
flashed the BIOS, updated all Service Packs for both
Windows and Word, cleared all Temp files, ran Scandisk
and Defrag, Checked the Services folder to make sure only
required programs are running, But to no avail... Help!!
1. What is the problem here and how do I fix it?
2. What would be the best way to manage this large amount
of data files and still allow the customer to search for
desired files and still maintain performance? >>
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I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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