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The Google Desktop search product has been in existence since October 14, 2004. On September 14, 2011 Google officially retired the search product. March 6, 2007 was the date the beta was released for Google Desktop 5.

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The Best Desktop Search Engine to use is Google which is quick n clean!


What is the website Google Desktop all about?

Google Desktop is the the site where all of the Google applications can be accessed and used. It makes it simple to keep up with your blog, do a search or access Google Maps.


Who created the current Google desktop?

There is no current Google desktop, as support for the software was discontinued in 2011. The product was developed by Google staff in order to allow users to search their email, internet history, computer files, photos and other information with one step. It was discontinued due to the growing popularity of clod computing, which allows users to have this information available instantly and renders Google desktop obsolete.


Are there search engines that can search users own computer?

The only viable service I am aware of that offers this functionality is Google Desktop. In order to use it, you must first download and install the application. Once the application is installed, it will take some time to index your computer. Once that is done, you can search your PC in a similar manner to searching google. You can download Google Desktop at http://desktop.google.com/ Microsoft has a similar product called Windows Search, but I have not used it enough to decide if it is any good or not. Windows Search 4.0 is currently available, and can be installed via Windows Update. You can read more about this product here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/default.mspx


What is included in google desktop?

There are many applications attached to the google desktop. The most standard of those include, a calculator application, a search application, a calender application and a dictionary application. There are many other applications that you can download and use for this desktop. Many other search engines such a yahoo or bing have similar application desktops.


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Why won't Google desktop search entire file contents to find words at end of word document?

If you are using office 2007 with .docx file types the whole file may not be searched, so convert it to a 97-2003, re-index and you should have a full cache of the document. This may not always be the cause and some of my files of this type work, but worth a go. Other reasons for the whole file not being searched include according to google help: * The file is a type that Google Desktop doesn't search. Google Desktop searches the full text of the following types of files: * ** PDF, .txt, and HTML files ** Email from Gmail, Apple Mail, and Microsoft Entourage ** iChat transcripts ** Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files ** Metadata for audio and video files (such as artist and album information) ** Address Book contacts, system preference panes, and file names for most other files including applications ** Any file types that have a Spotlight plug-in * The file is in a folder or disk that's in Spotlight's privacy list. Google Desktop does not search files that are in this list. * * The file is in a folder that Google Desktop doesn't search. Google Desktop doesn't search in most system and temporary folders. * * The text is near the end of an extremely large file (greater than 500Mb). Google Desktop "only" searches the first 536 million bytes of a file. * * Spotlight is disabled. Google Desktop shares some software components with Spotlight, so Spotlight must be enabled to use Google Desktop.


Is Google a web browser company?

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What are the advantages of using the Google desktop?

The desktop is very versatile and allows one to search the computer. It makes a handy use of the sidebar as well, not to mention the fact that there is a gadgets and tools interface.