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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

Windows Desktop Search 3.01 Administration Guide

Windows Desktop Search WDS is the search technology that lets users quickly find almost anything on their computers, including e-mail messages, calendar appointments, photos, documents, and more. In WDS 3.x, the search engine is now a system service but it retains the desktop performance features of previous versions of WDS....

Tags: Administration, Microsoft Windows, e-Mail Message, Windows Desktop Search, E-mail, Performance Management, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2007-09-26

Windows desktop search 3.0.1 (Windows)

Windows Desktop Search helps increase the productivity of information workers by enabling them to quickly and easily find what they are looking for. Windows Desktop Search helps users quickly find and retrieve e-mail messages, documents, and many other file types located on their PC and corporate network. Windows...

Tags: Desktop Search, Windows Desktop Search, Microsoft Windows, Search, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-08-21

What's up with Windows Desktop Search?

So far, the biggest complaint I have about using the beta of 2007 Microsoft Office system (small "s") is the abysmal performance hit caused by the current version of Windows Desktop Search WDS - the engine required to enable the Instant Search feature in Outlook and OneNote. It's a pig......

Tags: Windows Desktop, Windows Desktop Search, desktop search

Blog posts 2006-08-03

Office 2007-specific Windows Desktop Search beta

Office 2007-specific Windows Desktop Search betamultiple enginesYes I was starting to worry whether or not multiple indexers were running on my system or would be in the Office 2007/Vista timeframe. It's at least comforting to know they're addressing that.

Tags: SEARCH, Windows Desktop Search, Microsoft Office, Windows Desktop, desktop search, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-05-03

Office 2007-specific Windows Desktop Search beta

Microsoft has released a beta of Windows Desktop Search 3.0. This release is only for those using the beta of Office 2007 as the current builld does not include UI components to allow system-wide searches. I plan to install this on my beta test system to see what kind of...

Tags: Windows Desktop, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Desktop Search 3.0

Blog posts 2006-05-03

Windows desktop search gets down to business

Windows desktop search gets down to business*** TROLL POLL RESULTS!! ***(music .... cheers ... fading music) ...Wellll, we have tallied our votes from the "Great ZDnet TROLL POLL"Our results:Vile offender ___________ VotesVily Clay ................1PeterWeter................1Wolfenstool (spelling?)...1Anton Philidor............2Monti Boy & Dollar Bill...2Encumbered source.........2Bitty and crow-eating.....1Defconvegas...............2YEAHRIGHT.................3Kinte.....................2Toxicfreak................2George Ou.................3Mike Cox .................2No_Ax_to_Grind ...........8And our winner issss!(Drum...

Tags: desktop search, Microsoft Windows, ZDnet TROLL POLL, music, Windows Desktop Search

Discussion threads 2005-11-15

Additional Resources

Risingware Exp+ Free Edition 2.5 (Windows)

With dual panels and multiple tabs, Risingware Exp+ 2.5.0 seamlessly integrates most indispensable software into one, a dual-panel file manager, a multi-process browser based on Trident IE layout engine, and utilities. In short, it is a super explorer providing you a single access to your desktop and the web. That...

Tags: Web, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-08

Web Log Storming 2.3 (Windows)

Web Log Storming is an interactive, desktop-based web log analyzer for Windows. A whole new concept of Web site statistics makes it clearly different from any other web log analytics software. Browse through stats to drill down into details - down to an individual visitor's session. Check the pattern of...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Web Log, Dataland Software, Web Log Storming, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-06

MacNote3 2.4.0 (Mac)

Features of MacNote3 1. SimplicityThe most important feature of MacNote3 is its simplicity. It can be used in a fairly intuitive way, and there is no need to pay any attention to its file structure, or worry about saving data. New data is saved automatically and in a manner compatible...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Page, AppleScript, SYW Mac Software, LinkThe User, AppleScriptMacNote3, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-06

Google Chrome 3.0.195.32 (Windows)

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, Google Chrome, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions

Search tools more than important!!!Good that mostly everbody knows that in business life nothing works without e-mail and even that important is a reliable and fast search tool for Outlook! One of those is Lookeen It has so many features which lighten your work that is amazing. It works with...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Mail.app, Entourage, Web, Xobni, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Macintosh, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Google Chrome beta 4.0.223.16 (Windows)

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, Beta, Google Chrome, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?

Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Keeper Desktop 2.0 (Windows)

Where do you write down your secret passwords, PIN numbers? Notepad? PDF? Excel? That's not safe and you deserve a better solution. Keeper is the safest and most secure way to store all of your secret passwords, notes, website logins and other top secret personal information on your laptop or...

Tags: Desktop, Password, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, Callpod, Keeper, Microsoft Excel, Web Site Development, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?

My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...

Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 - Strengths and weaknesses

Nice articleIts nice to see a balanced article like this. I consider myself an OS agnostic user as I used Windows for years and tried a Linux Desktop OS like Ubuntu a few times and only recently (last 2 years) has Ubuntu taken over as my primary OS.One of the...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, default theme, task bar, Ubuntu, Linux, Microsoft Windows, software, hardware, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

JIRA Client Lite 2.0 (Windows)

JIRA Client Lite is a free desktop front-end for 10-user Starter edition of Atlassian JIRA issue tracking system. It boosts your productivity with an interactive interface, enables greater mobility with its offline mode, and has many useful features such as smart search, time tracking widget, screenshot editor, and others. ...

Tags: ALM Works, JIRA Client Lite, Microsoft Windows, Wireless And Mobility, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-28

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27