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- Desktop Search
- An application used to find data in a user's local system. Desktop search programs are typically able to search the content in common Microsoft formats such as Word, Excel,...
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- Privacy Protect It (exe)
- Removes all traces of Internet explorer, VLC, Skype, DivX, Bit Torrent and popular P2P applications, including LimeWire, Azureus, Bit Torrent Client, uTorrent, Kazaa, orpheus. Removes all traces of desktop search applications, Microsoft Office applications and any unwanted items or customized settings pertaining to email applications such as Outlook, Outlook Express,...
- Tags: Application, Privacy, Trace, Desktop Search, Cheetu, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Search, E-mail Clients, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-28
- Microsoft Presents: Dynamics GP - Get Smart Web Demo Series - Capabilities Focus desktop search, User Interface
- This webcast shows how Microsoft is blurring the lines between the desktop and GP to make it easier for new users to learn the system and make all employees more productive. It highlights the powerful desktop search capabilities which allow to easily search all data (email, payables transactions, excel spreadsheets...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Payables, Desktop Search, Search, Desktops, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-02-29
- Instant File Find (exe)
- Instant File Find is a desktop search tool that lets you find files instantly on your computer. It is designed to speed up your daily work by helping you locate files instantly. With quick buttons, you can list all music or document files or other types on your computer instantly....
- Tags: Desktop, Desktop Search, Instant File Find, Productivity, Search
- Software downloads 2007-12-20
- Copernic desktop search (exe)
- Copernic Desktop Search brings a search engine right to your PC and allows you to instantly search files, e-mails, and e-mail attachments stored anywhere on your PC hard drive. The application executes subsecond searching of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, Acrobat PDFs, all popular music, picture, and video formats,...
- Tags: Application, Desktop Search, Copernic, Previewer, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Search, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Marketing, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-12-04
- WSUS errors could disrupt Microsoft patch deployments
- WSUS errors could disrupt Microsoft patch deploymentsMore update folliesDo they test the update packages before rolling them out? What kind of testing protocol didn't catch that? And what else is slipping through their slipshod QA? Billions in revenue and that's the best they can do. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Patch, desktop search, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- DocFetcher (9)
- DocFetcher is a desktop search application: Given a set of documents, it creates index files, on which you can then run fast searches for documents that contain specific keywords. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Desktop, Desktop Search, DocFetcher Development Team, Search
- Software downloads 2007-11-13
- Microsoft addresses new reports of forced Windows updates and reboots
- Microsoft addresses new reports of forced Windows updates and rebootsNo means no.No updates should equal turning off the windows update service, and setting it to something else should re-emble the service.It should be that simple. Maybe it is a user problem, but Microsoft should take a deep breath, find out...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., new report, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Microsoft addresses new reports of forced Windows updates and reboots
- Microsoft has posted a long and complex explanation to its Windows Software Update Services WSUS blog, explaining the latest case of why software updates are being pushed to users who believe they've turned automatic updating off. The UK Register reported on October 25 that a number of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Automatic Update, Microsoft Corp., User, Desktop Search, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Is Microsoft pushing Windows desktop search via Windows Update?
- Is Microsoft pushing Windows Desktop Search via Windows Update?Not seeing it on XPIs WDS for Vista only?Carl RapsonNot true!Windows Update only downloads and installs security updates automatically. Any non-security related updates are not automatically installed. Any suggested non-security updates can only be installed with the user's express permission.RE: Is...
- Tags: Operating systems, SEARCH, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Update, desktop search, Windows Desktop Search, IS MICROSOFT, Windows Desktop, WDS 3.01, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Is Microsoft pushing Windows desktop search via Windows Update?
- I'm getting reports of another potential breach of trust on the Windows Update front. This time users are complaining that a Windows Update WSUS installed Windows Desktop Search onto systems, which, after being installed, started indexing systems and slowing PCs down. Here's what The Register has to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Search, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- FileSee (exe)
- FileSee is a powerful All-In-One file viewer. It is a tool that helps you to view files quickly. FileSee is a combination of a file manager, a text file viewer, an image viewer, a pdf viewer, a flash player, a video player, a mp3 player, a midi player, a hex...
- Tags: HTML, All-in-One, Microsoft Windows Metafile, WAV, MP3, Desktop Search, FileSee, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2007-10-05
- Microsoft outlines Vista desktop search changes
- Microsoft outlines Vista desktop search changesvaitaTHEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE BATTERY LIFE IT SUCKS I CAN ONLY RUN 1 HOUR OR LESS ON MY BATTERY I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSRE: Microsoft outlines Vista desktop search changesThey need to not remove any features that currently exist. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SEARCH, Vista desktop search, Vista Desktop, desktop search, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- AL-Search (exe)
- Al-Search is a precise and selective desktop search tool. Are too many irrelevant results ruining your searches? Do you have complicated, unique search needs? Al-Search lets you use brand new inclusion/exclusion/Boolean techniques that eliminate irrelevant results, and other text/date/time options to create more sophisticated searches than any other program. Group/sort...
- Tags: Desktop, Desktop Search, AL-Search, Search, Productivity
- Software downloads 2007-09-06
- Kelkoo desktop search (widget)
- Search the popular European price comparison site Kelkoo quickly and easily from your desktop. Results open in a new browser window. Current version only supports kelkoo.co.uk - The next version will include the option to search any of the Kelkoo sites in Europe. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: Kelkoo, Desktop Search, Search, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-07-19
- How do I... Save and refine desktop searches in Microsoft Windows Vista?
- One of the more useful features of Microsoft Windows Vista is the built-in desktop search capability. The even more useful thing about the Vista desktop search is that you can save your searches and use them in the future to find exactly what you want when you want it. This...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Search, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Search, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Download resources 2007-07-17
- Symantec Enterprise Vault Support for Microsoft Technology: Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Windows desktop search, Microsoft Exchange 2007, SharePoint 2007
- The combination of Windows Rights Management Services, Windows Desktop Search, Exchange 2007, SharePoint 2007 and Enterprise Vault 2007 provides unparalleled opportunities for Symantec customers. Symantec considers it a top priority to support and complement any relevant Microsoft technology that is, or soon will be, on the market. Organizations depend on...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Symantec Corp., Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Search, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Security
- White papers 2007-07-12
- Kelkoo desktop search EU (widget)
- Kelkoo Desktop Search EU is based on the Kelkoo Desktop Search widget from Kris Willis. Kelkoo is a European price comparison search portal. Kelkoo Desktop Search EU supports most Kelkoo Web sites and is not passed through the TradeDoubler Web site. The results open in a new browser window. This...
- Tags: Kelkoo, Desktop Search, Search
- Software downloads 2007-07-11
- Google petitions again to weigh in on Microsoft-DOJ case
- If at first you don't succeed, complain, complain again.Google has filed a second request to be considered a friend of the court in the Microsoft-Department of Justice antitrust case.As noted by Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop, Google filed its latest five-page request on July 2, a week after Judge Collen...
- Tags: Google, Legal, Search, Vista, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-07-03
- Google complains (again)
- That didn't take long.A week after Microsoft announced it would amend Windows Vista so that its integrated Instant Search functionality won't hamper the performance of third-party desktop-search programs, Google has complained to the government again.In a new, seven-page amicus brief -- a copy of which Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop...
- Tags: Windows Live, Vista, Service Pack, Search, Legal, Google, Corporate strategy, Code names
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Windows desktop search (exe)
- Windows Desktop Search WDS helps you find virtually anything on your PC or your networked drives including e-mail messages, calendar appointments, and documents. Searching your computer is now as fast and easy as searching the Web. Find information fast--Windows Desktop Search helps you find the information you need from the...
- Tags: E-mail Message, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Search, Microsoft Windows, Search, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-06-25
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