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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File Explorer (redirect from Windows NT Explorer)
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 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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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 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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Microsoft Bing (redirect from Windows Live Search)
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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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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Bing Maps (redirect from Windows Live Search Maps)
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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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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Microsoft Windows was announced by Bill Gates on 10 November 1983, 2 years before it was first released. Microsoft introduced Windows as a graphical user...
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the computing industry – Windows (unqualified) for a consumer or corporate workstation, Windows Server for a server and Windows IoT for an embedded system...
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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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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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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 available...
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Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and...
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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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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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Microsoft Copilot (redirect from Windows Copilot)
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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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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The Windows 11 2024 Update (also known as version 24H2) is the third and upcoming major update to Windows 11. It carries the build number 10.0.26100....
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Cortana (virtual assistant) (redirect from Windows Cortana)
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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Compared with previous versions of Microsoft Windows, features new to Windows Vista are very numerous, covering most aspects of the operating system, including...
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Start menu (redirect from Windows Start button)
been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, providing a means of opening programs and performing other functions in the Windows shell. The Start menu...
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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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While Windows 7 contains many new features, a number of capabilities and certain programs that were a part of previous Windows versions up to Windows Vista...
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Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It is the direct successor to Windows 8.1, which was released nearly two years...
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The Windows logo key (also known as Windows, win, start, logo, flag, OS, or super key) is a keyboard key which was originally introduced on Microsoft's...
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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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Google Toolbar 5 less Windows Media Player Quicksilver Blender's search menu (version 2.5 and newer) Clara.io's explorer search menu Autofill Autocomplete...
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key previously found on Microsoft Windows-oriented computer keyboards. It was introduced at the same time as the Windows logo key. On keyboards including...
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