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Google’s experiment brings its search engine and visual AI directly to the Windows desktop with a compact, Spotlight‑style overlay that promises to search your PC, Google Drive, installed applications and the web from a single keystroke. Background / Overview Google has quietly expanded the...

Google is quietly rolling a new Windows-native search experience into its Labs program that brings the company’s web search, Google Lens, and its AI-powered AI Mode onto the desktop — reachable instantly with an Alt + Space hotkey and designed to search your local files, installed apps, Google...

Google’s experimental Windows app aims to remove the friction of switching windows to look something up — a floating, Spotlight‑like search bar you summon with Alt + Space that can search local files, installed apps, Google Drive, and the web, and that folds in Google Lens and the company’s AI...

Google has quietly begun testing a new desktop search experience for Windows that looks and feels like macOS Spotlight but with Google’s distinctive multimodal and generative-AI capabilities layered on top, bringing web search, Google Drive, local files, installed apps, and Google Lens into a...

Windows users searching for the ultimate digital assistant experience have long been tantalized by the promise of seamless AI integration. The emergence of Copilot AI on Windows 11 and Windows 10 represents a pivotal moment in this journey. Now, after months of closed testing through the Windows...

On May 7, 2025 I updated my work PC to 24H2. I use sync.com and OneDrive. Since the update, spreadsheets on my favorites list (on windows explorer) will open locally when they reside in sync.com but OneDrive files open in a browser. My laptop does the same. Is this a Microsoft bug or is there a...

Hello, I've had a nice setup for myself and my family using Win 10 and Onedrive for cloud based files that served either as a backup or ability to share between people. With recently installing Win11 on a couple of computers (first my wife's Surface, and now my personal laptop) everything moved...

I'll explain the situation. OneDrive had files and folders which were present from a previous Windows 11 installation ('Documents' libraries). Old 'Documents' and old 'Photos' were kept so that I could go through them over a period of time, removing any old files I did not need. Once I...

Note taking with text editors is the best way I've ever used. The real note taking software keep files locally which is risky for data loss when the operating fails or when the notebook is stolen. Word processors are too clunky and risky of data loss when crashed. Mozilla Composer is the fast...

I would like to save all my word, excel, etc files locally and not to the onedrive/cloud. I have set the default saving location on the local versions of word and Excel, but when I am using 365 it only shows the onedrive as a default location, there doesn't seem to be any other choices? Part...

Hi I've had this problem several times before, and never figured out how to correct it. When I installed the Anniversary Update it started working again, the way it's supposed to. Now when I ask Cortana to play my music, she says, "Sorry I can't seem to find any music locally or in your...

I require some urgent help- not a computer guru but if explained in layman terms I can fix things.. I have done a re-install of windows 10 Pro 64 bit, I have no start up menu I can not access any microsoft office programs , the pc is really slow. no 1 - this is what is coming up at start...

Hi, In one of my application(web application) , i try to load a local video file through a java Applet. This functionality is working fine in windows xp, vista, mac but in some of the Windows 7 machine this is not working. I think due to some security reasons the applet is not able to...

Good day mighty experts, I do have a question regarding the way Windows 7 handles network shares. I have a few NAS servers on my network (mapped to local drives on my pc), some of which using power saving techniques. As a result, they stop their hard drives after a few minutes idle time. This...

Hello all. I cannot upload files to my PC from my website. I have tried the firefox addon fireftp and also tried filezilla. Both receive errors. filezilla has the following error Failed to open "F:\Wepages\[]Active\AdminTemplate\test2.php" for writing fireftp has the following error Failed to...

Hello, I have Build 7068 and when I try to install some software I get an error. The error states "Invalid Drive Letter P:\", then the install closes. I am in a Domain environment. This error does happen both when I install the software from the Network share or move it locally and try to...

I have Vista Home Premium and have an issue with IE in that it will not display html forms that I have on my PC. If I copy the html page to a web server they display but not locally. What happens is if I click on a local html page it displays the html text. Similarly any computer magazine web...