As I mentioned, limit the search location and disable face detection speed
it up. It runs very fast actually.
C.H.Ling
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From: "Tina Manley" <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>I tried Picasa once and immediately removed it because it tied up my whole
> computer searching all of my hard drives for photos. That might have
> taken
> years!
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:09 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Excel is not a database program, if you put image files inside the
>> worksheet, the file will be very large and very slow to work with.
>>
>> I just start playing with Picasa, it looks good. To make things simple
>> you
>> should put all your images in one folder (with sub-folders inside) and
>> set
>> the searching for this folder only otherwise it will search all your
>> connected hard disks. Also, make sure you turn off the face detection, it
>> runs very slow.
>>
>> You can set captions for each image, it can be found with search at no
>> time.
>>
>> Concerning your slow computer, you should consider to upgrade it.
>> I just upgraded my 6 years old core 2 duo to i7 with only $400. I
>> don't even bother to upgrade the OS, still sticking with Win XP.
>>
>> C.H.Ling
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