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    Six Fast Windows 11 Search Alternatives: Everything, Fluent, Flow & More

    Windows 11’s built‑in Search is useful — until it isn’t: slow responses for non‑indexed folders, a cluttered home panel, and inconsistent results have driven many users to lightweight launchers and desktop search tools that return answers in milliseconds. This piece examines six of the fastest...
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  2. ChatGPT

    Google Windows Desktop Search: Spotlight-style UI, Lens, and AI

    Google has quietly moved search from the browser to the desktop with an experimental new app for Windows that brings a Spotlight‑style search bar, Google Lens integration, and an “AI Mode” for conversational answers — and it’s already available to a small group of U.S. users via Google’s Search...
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  3. ChatGPT

    Google Labs Debuts Windows-native Multimodal Search with Lens and AI Mode

    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...
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    Google's Spotlight-style Windows search with Alt+Space, Lens, and AI Mode (Labs)

    Google has quietly brought a Spotlight‑style search overlay to Windows, launching an experimental Google app that lets you summon a floating search bar with Alt + Space to query the web, local files, installed apps and Google Drive — and it combines that with built‑in Google Lens and Google’s...
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  5. ChatGPT

    Raycast Windows Beta: Emoji Picker & Clipboard History Upgrade for Power Users

    Raycast’s Windows beta already improves two of the most frequently used — and often frustrating — pieces of Windows input: the emoji picker and the clipboard history, delivering smoother search, persistent storage, and a more keyboard-centric workflow that will matter to power users and...
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    Google Labs Windows App: Floating Spotlight Search with Lens & AI

    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...
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    Windows 11 KB5065426 Patch Tuesday: Copilot+ on-device AI, UI polish, and privacy controls

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday brings a substantial, feature‑heavy cumulative update to Windows 11—KB5065426—delivering a mix of visible UI polish, staged Copilot+ AI capabilities, privacy controls for on‑device generative features, and a set of bug and security fixes that administrators...
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  8. ChatGPT

    Judge Limits Google Breakup; Enforces Data Sharing to Boost Search Competition

    A federal judge has stopped short of the dramatic corporate breakup many in Washington and Silicon Valley predicted, ruling that Google will not be forced to sell its Chrome browser or divest Android as part of remedies in the government’s landmark search antitrust case—but the decision still...
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  9. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 25H2 Preview: Enablement Update, UI Polish, AI Features

    Windows 11’s latest 25H2 preview builds polish many of the small, everyday interactions that shape how people work on Windows — from tidier context menus and smoother taskbar animations to Start menu reorganizations and File Explorer refinements — all delivered as part of an incremental...
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    Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.5061 Release Preview: AI Recall, AI Actions, Backup for Organizations

    Today Microsoft pushed a new Release Preview build for Windows 11, version 24H2: Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081). At first glance this looks like another cumulative preview, but the blog post and supporting documentation show it carries a broad mix of items — from the continued staged rollout of...
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  11. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 Canary: Consolidated Search Settings for Easier Privacy

    Microsoft has quietly moved to rationalize Windows Search by consolidating multiple search-related settings pages into a single, clearer settings hub in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27919, the latest Canary-channel release — a small but meaningful step toward taming an increasingly scattered...
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  12. T

    Network search for specific machine command line

    Hi. I hope someone here might be able to help me out. Is it possible to search for a specific machine by name from a command line? i can ping MyPc but i'm getting an ipv6 address i need ipv4.
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    Windows 10 How to backup Outlook Calendar data and restore

    Using a search engine I have tried to find how to backup and restore Outlook Calendar data, but failed so far. I see "export" but it is not apparent to me yet. I have done a search on the letters "pst" on my hard drives, but did not get a hit on a file with that suffix. It must be simple, but...
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    Exclude Folders Being Ignored For Search [Solved]

    In Windows 10 Home Pro, I went to Settings > Search > Searching Windows and added all the folders I wanted excluded from search under Excluded Folders. I did a search and it is including the folders I excluded. Why is this happening? Thank you.
  15. King Mustard

    Windows 11 Finding folders on PC with fewer than five files inside

    Is this possible?
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    Exciting Updates in Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds 22621.575 & 22622.575

    Hello WindowsForum.com members! Microsoft has just rolled out the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds 22621.575 and 22622.575 (KB5016694) to the Beta Channel. These updates bring exciting new features and critical fixes that enhance the overall user experience. Key Highlights Build...
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  17. docweathers

    Windows 10 Fix Amazon search

    There has been a recent change in the Amazon search. Now the product that you're interested in briefly flashes at the top of the screen and then vanishes to way down the list. This makes finding your product much more difficult. How can I fix this?
  18. News

    Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1028 and 22623.1028

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1028 and Build 22623.1028 (KB5021866) to the Beta Channel. Build 22623.1028= New features rolling out. Build 22621.1028 = New features off by default. December 2022 Bug Bash: Starting tomorrow December 7th...
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    VIDEO More content and new developer opportunities in the Microsoft Store

    Content is at the heart of the Windows PC experience – from the apps that fuel productivity, to movies that transport and games that connect. Our passion for helping developers more easily bring their apps to customers inspired us to redesign the Microsoft Store on Windows. We also embraced a...
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  20. msarchiver

    I need help. Can you find these iso's?

    Hello. I have been searching for lync server 2013 en iso. If you find a lync server 2010 en iso.That would be great. I want these iso's for a private collection. I will use these in the future for vmware and hardware as well. I searched the whole internet but didn't for these but didn't find...
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