Hi,
Ah, that sounds about right, and I bet that you got a later version with a 
different name.  I didn't see a Windows Desktop Search or Windows Live 
Search in Add/remove programs, so there must be some other removal method 
for the older version. Thanks.
Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Poehlman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Tom Lange" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] WDS


> in a recent update, I accidentally got something called windows live 
> search 4.0 and it did something weird like this.  I went to ad/remove  and 
> killed it and all is well again.
>
> On Jan 4, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Tom Lange wrote:
>
>
> Hi listers,
> Today, while working on a friend's laptop running Windows XP Service  Pack 
> 3, I noticed something that I hadn't seen before.  I had  downloaded a 
> file to her system, and belatedly it occurred to me that  I didn't know 
> where the downloaded file was placed.  So I opened the  Start Menu and 
> went into the Search sub-menu and clicked on Files and  Folders.  Instead 
> of the usual dialog, I got something that looked  like a web page, and at 
> the top of the page was a WDS logo. The page  contained what appeared to 
> be a web form into which you could input  the desired filename, where it 
> was believed to be located, where the  search should take place, et cetera 
> et cetera.  What is this page,  where did it come from, and how does one 
> restore the old-style search  facility that comes stock with Windows XP? 
> I'm really curious about  this. Thanks in advance.
> Tom
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