Remotely search the desktop - Google Desktop 3 new experience

  
                  Desktop search is the focus of everyone's attention last year. Nowadays, Multimedia
is using a word, which is the "desktop search era". Yes, desktop search has a great impact on the majority of Internet users. There used to be only one or two. Desktop search software, and now the desktop search tool is already around 10, and their version is constantly updated, and the function is also constantly enhanced. Recently, Google Desktop 3 launched Google Desktop 3, the biggest update of this version is You can search for remote desktops. This feature has caused everyone's controversy as soon as it is launched. Here we bring you the latest experience.

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First, the installation process should pay attention to

During the installation process, a prompt will pop up, you need to set some preferred parameters first. For example, "show sidebar" (whether the sidebar is displayed), whether to set google as the default search engine, whether to search for files in Gmail, etc.:


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Next will prompt whether Enable advanced settings, when you enable advanced settings, the software will automatically send some non-personal private information that you use and information about the websites you visit through GOOGLE. For example, if you use the information that appears in the sidebar after google desktop search, it also includes some information about the software error. The purpose of enabling advanced settings is to get more relevant information to improve desktop search capabilities. Here we select "Enable Advanced Features".


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Next index files, this may take several hours. You can have the index file run in the background.

Second, set whether to search for chats

after the installation is complete, open the Desktop Search, we can see there are two options in the search input box "Desktop Preferences (Preferences)" and " Advanced Search":


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Where "Advanced Search" is not available in previous versions, there are some changes in "Preferences", open "Preferences" ", we can see that the default "Chats" is selected every time, so by default, we will not be able to search for chats, if necessary, select the item first.


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At the same time, by default "Password-protected Office documents" ("Password-protected OFFICE file") and "Secure pages in web history" "The two items have not been selected. It seems that Google has given everyone a choice in respecting personal privacy, rather than the default mandatory search.

It is worth mentioning that this new version allows the establishment of the password index "Encrypt Index", check the "Encrypt Google Desktop index and data files" to encrypt the index data file when trying to index the file. .


5 Third, custom advanced search

click on "Advanced Search (advanced search)", the contents of the page that opens, we can customize the search results page that appears, For example, only display mail, files, chat history, web history, or display files containing the above categories, you can also set to include specific keywords. You can also limit your search to a specific time period, such as 1 day, 3 days, 2 months, and so on.


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four remote desktop search, make me happy let me worry

most noteworthy is GOOGLE DESKTOP SEARCH launch remote desktop search feature, which Features allow users to organize and find information remotely, and share it with friends, but to do this, users must copy their personal files to GoogleServer
and eventually back to their PC. Let's take a look at the specific operation.

In the "Desktop Preferences", click on the "Gmail and Search Across Computers" link, where you can set whether to search for GMAIL and remote desktop search.

After "Search Across Computers", check "Index and search my documents and viewed web pages from across all my computers." to perform remote desktop search. Note that you must use this feature. With a Google Account, you can use your GMAIL account or sign up for a google account.


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After entering the account, under "My other computers can search this computer's" you can limit the content of the remote desktop to search:
(1) Documents and web history : Searching for documents and web history
(2) Documents only: Searching for documents
(3) Web history only: Searching only for history


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Tip: It's important to note that you need to enable Remote Desktop Search on your other computer
to search for these files. It seems that Google's updated remote desktop search is managed in conjunction with your GOOGLE account, and only legitimate accounts can search for remote desktop files. However, this still leaves the majority of users uneasy. After all, their files are uploaded to the GOOGLE server. It seems that users have to think twice when using this feature.

Also note the following paragraph: English: Previously indexed documents and web pages on this computer will not be searchable from your other computers. Only items indexed after you turn on Search Across Computers will be visible on your other computers.

Here is a reminder that the index file created before the remote desktop search function is enabled cannot be searched. Only the index file created after the function is enabled can be searched, so you can use it as needed. This feature.

Finally, be sure to click the "Save preferences" button to save your personality settings.

The above shared the latest google desktop 3 new features of the operation, although the remote desktop features in the privacy protection of the security has certain potential risks, but in certain cases Still very useful. In addition, the other features of this update are more practical. The only downside is that the current version is still in English. Friends who are close to E-text may seem to be struggling.
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