Windows Live Toolbar

Brief Description

Search and Browse Smarter with Windows Live Toolbar. Windows Live Toolbar helps you to start a search from any Web page and get better protection against phishing scams and viruses. You can also personalize your Web experience with custom buttons and use Windows Desktop Search to instantly find information on your PC.

Overview

Windows Live Search Toolbar helps you search the Web from any site and easily find documents, emails, photos and more on your PC with Windows Desktop Search. Smart browsing tools such as Tabbed Browsing, Pop-up Blocker and Form Fill help you surf faster. And, one-click access to your favorite Windows Live services, including Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Live Spaces, connects you to the services you know and love.

It’s free, easy to use, and has many useful features, including:

Find just what you are after on your PC with Windows Desktop Search:

Speed Instantly find e-mail messages, documents, photos, and music on your PC.

Convenience Search from toolbars integrated with your favorite applications.

Better results Easily preview, filter and work with Desktop Search results.

Smarter search and browsing tools, including:

Search the web from any page with Live Search.

Tabbed Browsing helps you switch between your favorite Web site within the same window.

Pop-up Guard blocks annoying pop-up windows from appearing while you browse the Web.

Automatic Form Fill manages personal information and passwords

Highlight Viewer quickly locates your search words in the search results.

Customizable Options make the Windows Live Search Toolbar your own by selecting Pop-up Guard settings, icon size, and more.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2

Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 5.01 or later must be installed on your computer, but it does not need to be your default browser

Windows Desktop Search requires Microsoft Outlook 2000+ or Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0+ to index and search your email

Full preview of Microsoft Office documents in Desktop Search results only available for Microsoft Office XP or later.

Pop-up Blocker requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.

Pentium 500MHz processor or better (1GHz recommended).

Minimum 128MB of RAM (256MB recommended).

500MB of hard disk space recommended. Your index size depends on how much content you have on your hard drive.

Minimum screen resolution of 800x600. 1024x768 recommended.

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Instructions

To download an English-language version of the Windows Live Toolbar for your country, scroll farther down the page to the Files in this Download section, then click the link for your location.

For example:

If you are in the US click on WLToolbarSetup_EN-US.exe

If you are in the UK click on WLToolbarSetup_EN-GB.exe

If you are in Canada click on WLToolbarSetup_EN-CA.exe

If you are in Australia click on WLToolbarSetup_EN-AU.exe

If you are in Indonesia click on WLToolbarSetup_en-id.exe

If you are in Ireland click on WLToolbarSetup_en-ie.exe

If you are in India click on WLToolbarSetup_en-in.exe

If you are in Malaysia click on WLToolbarSetup_en-my.exe

If you are in New Zealand click on WLToolbarSetup_en-nz.exe

If you are in the Philippines click on WLToolbarSetup_en-ph.exe

If you are in Singapore click on WLToolbarSetup_en-sg.exe

If you are in South Africa click on WLToolbarSetup_en-za.exe

For Global English click on WLToolbarSetup_en-ww.exe

Do one of the following:

Open

Run this program from its current location

Save

Save this program to disk

To download the Windows Live Toolbar in another language, under Change language at the top of this page, select a language from the drop-down list, and then click Go.

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