Desktop search in the intranet with integrated desktop search engines

The desktop search is a technology more and more popular in computer experience. A desktop search software, like Google desktop search, could offer us a quick service for searching information by building sorted index for the files, images, and other catalogs. But for enterprise, it is not enough only to search in local computer. Sometimes the useful information like meeting minutes or schedule of certain works may be concealed in other personpsilas computer in the intranet. Therefore, itpsilas a good idea to share the desktop search function to other members in intranet. Besides, there are a variety of desktop search engines and operating systems installed in the office. So, this paper presents the search engine independent and even the OS independent mechanism to achieve desktop search in the whole intranet with integrated desktop search engines.