• Windows Search (formerly MSN Desktop Search, Windows Desktop Search, and the Windows Search Engine) is a content index and desktop search platform by...
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    search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. The service traces its roots back to Microsoft's earlier search engines, including MSN Search, Windows...
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  • known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application and default desktop environment that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating...
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  • Windows 10 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. Microsoft described Windows 10 as an "operating system as a service"...
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  • Search engines, including web search engines, selection-based search engines, metasearch engines, desktop search tools, and web portals and vertical market...
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  • Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years...
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  • The Windows 11 2024 Update (also known as version 24H2, codenamed Hudson Valley) is the third and current major update to Windows 11. It carries the build...
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  • Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became...
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  • replacement of the search engine Live Search, was originally named Windows Live Search (and MSN Search prior to that) and was once part of the Windows Live family...
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    Bing Maps (previously Live Search Maps, Windows Live Maps, Windows Live Local, and MSN Virtual Earth) is a web mapping service provided as a part of Microsoft's...
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  • previously known as Windows Task Manager, is a task manager, system monitor, and startup manager included with Microsoft Windows systems. It provides...
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    With the release of Windows Vista came Windows Search 3.1. Unlike its predecessors WDS and Windows Search 3.0, 3.1 could search through both indexed...
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  • Microsoft Windows was announced by Bill Gates on November 10, 1983, 2 years before it was first released. Microsoft introduced Windows as a graphical user...
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  • Windows 11 is the latest major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, released on October 5, 2021. It succeeded Windows 10 (2015), and is...
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  • enhancements. Unlike Windows Vista, window borders and the taskbar do not turn opaque when a window is maximized while Windows Aero is active; instead...
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    the Cortana search box in Windows 10 to Bing and Edge only". April 28, 2016. Edmonds, Rich (February 11, 2014). "Developers leak Windows Phone 8.1 SDK...
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    WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows. Que Development Group. January 1, 1993. p. 218. ISBN 9781565291669. Using Wordperfect 5.2 for Windows. 1993. ISBN 978-1-56529-166-9...
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  • Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft Mobile for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile...
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    Everything is a freeware desktop search utility for Windows that can rapidly find files and folders by name. While the binaries are licensed under a permissive...
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  • Start screen in Windows 8, 8.1 and Server 2012) is a graphical user interface element that has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, providing...
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  • Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. The successor to Windows 8.1, it was released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015...
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  • Windows 8.1 is a release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 27, 2013, and broadly released...
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  • updated indexes without user intervention. In Windows Vista it was replaced by the newer Windows Search Indexer. The IFilter plugins to extend the indexing...
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    users to filter content by domain regardless of what the SafeSearch settings might be. Windows Live DMA Names Microsoft-MSN 2007 Marketer of the Year Archived...
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  • Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October...
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  • Compared with previous versions of Microsoft Windows, features new to Windows Vista are numerous, covering most aspects of the operating system, including...
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  • editions of Windows 10 available to device manufacturers for use on specific classes of devices, including IoT devices, and previously marketed Windows 10 Mobile...
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    was previously found on Microsoft Windows-oriented computer keyboards and was introduced at the same time as the Windows logo key. On keyboards including...
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  • Architecture Windows Color System Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure (WDI) Windows Mobile Device Center Windows Rally Windows Registry Windows Speech Recognition...
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    Copilot into Windows 11, allowing users to access it directly through the taskbar. In January 2024, a dedicated Copilot key was announced for Windows keyboards...
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