Google takes action against Windows Vista's in-built search tool
Microsoft has succumbed to pressure from competition authorities to make it easier for Vista users to override its built-in desktop search tool.
Search rival Google had alleged Microsoft's Vista operating system disadvantages other search software by making it difficult for users to use non-Microsoft desktop-search software.
Google claimed in a white paper sent to both the Department of Justice and the US attorneys general that Microsoft's desktop search tool is almost impossible to turn off and affects a computer's performance when running a non-Microsoft search tool.
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