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Old 04-14-2008   #1 (permalink)
Dr Rolando E Creagh
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Simple curiosity

Gentlemen,
I am nothing but an amateur of he last 20 years, and never seen anything
like.
Sorry for my ignorance, but can somebody explain to me this N attribute that
nearly all files have in Vista?
Much appreciative


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Old 04-15-2008   #2 (permalink)
Ken Blake
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Re: Simple curiosity


"Dr Rolando E Creagh" <recreaghmd_off@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Gentlemen,
> I am nothing but an amateur of he last 20 years, and never seen anything
> like.
> Sorry for my ignorance, but can somebody explain to me this N attribute
> that nearly all files have in Vista?

When the N attribute is set, it means the file has not been indexed.

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Old 04-15-2008   #3 (permalink)
Dr Rolando E Creagh
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Re: Simple curiosity

Thanks very much.
I am no using the index as habit of an old timer, but wonder is with a drive
of 300GB I should. It did bothered me the constant activity of the system on
the drive maintaining the index. I feel it was obtrusive, even with CPU of
2.16 MHz
What do you think?
Cheers

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"Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "Dr Rolando E Creagh" <recreaghmd_off@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E1C7BE93-8F89-4B38-9F4D-6CCA9D37D23A@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> Gentlemen,
>> I am nothing but an amateur of he last 20 years, and never seen anything
>> like.
>> Sorry for my ignorance, but can somebody explain to me this N attribute
>> that nearly all files have in Vista?
>
>
> When the N attribute is set, it means the file has not been indexed.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Desktop Experience
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
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Old 04-15-2008   #4 (permalink)
Ken Blake
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Re: Simple curiosity

"Dr Rolando E Creagh" <recreaghmd_off@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks very much.
> I am no using the index as habit of an old timer, but wonder is with a
> drive of 300GB I should. It did bothered me the constant activity of the
> system on the drive maintaining the index. I feel it was obtrusive, even
> with CPU of 2.16 MHz
> What do you think?

I let it index here, and haven't noticed any performance problem as a
result.


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