How to search Search Firefox History with Google Desktop Search

There are certain cases when your Google desktop search does not index the Firefox web history in that case you won't be able to find your Firefox web history results from Google desktop search because it has not indexed them.But if you want to make your Google desktop search to search Firefox web history then follow these simple steps and feel the difference.

1. Open the C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop directory.

2. Select the three GoogleDesktopMozilla files in this directory.
GoogleDesktopMozilla.dll
GoogleDesktopMozilla.png
GoogleDesktopMozilla.src

3. Copy these files to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components

4. Close Firefox.

5. Delete the compreg.dat file located in the following directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[RANDOM]

6. Restart Firefox

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Google defeats Microsoft over desktop search.

One more time Google has defeated Microsoft.This time the issue was related to the third party desktop search system in windows Vista.

Google complained to the US justice department over this issue in the April this year but officials initially ignored this issue but now officials found it the violation of the rules.As we all know microsoft has been fined for this type of work several times even by EU.

But this time,microsoft doesn't took more time and now Microsoft has agreed to change how Vista does its desktop search in response to that complaint by Google.Vista users will now be able to pick a default search program to comb through their hard drive files. Users can also display an alternative search program in Vista’s Start Menu.

So this is a good news for the google desktop search fans they will be able to use their favorite search but according to Google, the operating system’s integrated search creates a constant drag on other search programs – essentially both search programs are competing for the some hard drive.

Now microsoft officials said that changes are expected to be made in the first service pack of vista that will be launched later this year.

Technorati tags: microsoft, windows vista, google, desktop search, vista service pack

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