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What's the difference between MSN Search and WDS? Jerry 04-19-2006
Posted by Jerry on April 19, 2006, 9:55 am
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I haven't been able to find an explanation of differences between MSN Search
Toolbar and Windows desktop search. It's even more confusing to see that I
have WDS running (seen in About MSN Search Toolbar). If I try to install a
newer version of WDS, it wants to uninstall the MSN search first.

Will appreciate any clarification.



Posted by JRush on April 19, 2006, 3:57 pm
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Windows Desktop Search has been bundled with the MSN Toolbar Suite. WDS can
be installed as either a stand alone product or as part of the Toolbar
Suite. If you are updating to the latest version of WDS, you may need to
uninstall the toolbar suite in order to properly install the new version of
WDS.

hth

>I haven't been able to find an explanation of differences between MSN
>Search
> Toolbar and Windows desktop search. It's even more confusing to see that I
> have WDS running (seen in About MSN Search Toolbar). If I try to install a
> newer version of WDS, it wants to uninstall the MSN search first.
>
> Will appreciate any clarification.
>
>



Posted by Jerry on April 19, 2006, 4:09 pm
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Thanks a lot. In order to get the latest version of WDS then, I
need to uninstall the toolbar, then install WDS and finally re-install
the toolbar. Is that so?


| Windows Desktop Search has been bundled with the MSN Toolbar Suite. WDS
can
| be installed as either a stand alone product or as part of the Toolbar
| Suite. If you are updating to the latest version of WDS, you may need to
| uninstall the toolbar suite in order to properly install the new version
of
| WDS.
|
| hth
|
| >I haven't been able to find an explanation of differences between MSN
| >Search
| > Toolbar and Windows desktop search. It's even more confusing to see that
I
| > have WDS running (seen in About MSN Search Toolbar). If I try to install
a
| > newer version of WDS, it wants to uninstall the MSN search first.
| >
| > Will appreciate any clarification.
| >
| >
|
|



Posted by JRush on April 19, 2006, 7:02 pm
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I believe that is the case. However you may want to check the specs for the
latest version of the Toolbar Suite, it may include the latest version of
WDS.

> Thanks a lot. In order to get the latest version of WDS then, I
> need to uninstall the toolbar, then install WDS and finally re-install
> the toolbar. Is that so?
>
>
> | Windows Desktop Search has been bundled with the MSN Toolbar Suite. WDS
> can
> | be installed as either a stand alone product or as part of the Toolbar
> | Suite. If you are updating to the latest version of WDS, you may need
> to
> | uninstall the toolbar suite in order to properly install the new version
> of
> | WDS.
> |
> | hth
> |
> | >I haven't been able to find an explanation of differences between MSN
> | >Search
> | > Toolbar and Windows desktop search. It's even more confusing to see
> that
> I
> | > have WDS running (seen in About MSN Search Toolbar). If I try to
> install
> a
> | > newer version of WDS, it wants to uninstall the MSN search first.
> | >
> | > Will appreciate any clarification.
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>
>



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