Google Desktop Search as default in Vista

Starting with Service Pack 1, Vista users will be able to set a third-party desktop search engine, such as Google’s Desktop Search, as their Windows default, replacing the OS’s integrated search. Microsoft released documentation in September detailing the syntax and other commands that will let third-party apps use the search functions in the Start Menu and Explorer windows and enable users to set them as their default search applications. The change was prompted by Google’s accusations earlier this year that Microsoft’s search was too tightly integrated into Vista. Google saw this as a violation of the 2002 antitrust settlement in which Microsoft agreed to make it easier for customers to choose third-party software in Windows. SP1 does not, however, allow users to disable Vista’s indexing service, another one of Google’s gripes.

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