I promise. This'll be my last post about it. I got it to install and index everything. First of all, I'll say this. I'll be uninstalling Google Desktop Search shortly.

Why? Because MSN's search offers better functionality. The shortcuts are very cool. I do have to admit that my first shortcut is to run a search on Google. Not only can you shortcut web addresses, but you can also run executables with shortcuts too (and without them). Right now, I use WinKey for most of my shortcuts, but that could be replaced by the MSN deskbar. What else is better? When you search locally, you can open files in the program you would normally use for that file type. Google doesn't do that. MSN indexes my code out of the box. Google took a hack to do that. MSN indexes OneNote. Finding OneNote info quickly has been a reason I haven't been using it as much as I would - you can't. Now, it's indexed. Easy to find. I'll start using it more now. The search as you type is cool. So is the filtering.

Overall, this is much better than I expected. Indexing seems a little slow, but the searches are fast.

Anyway, no one really cares what I think, right? Here's some of the best posts I've seen from the web today.

• James Avery says it's just a google copy. He also mentioned that it doesn't work with his browser. Me neither. I use Maxthon, but the Deskbar more than makes up for that.
• Sean Alexander says he's impressed, and provides a nice feature request - auto rating a la Windows Media Player!
• Cameron Reilly says it's his best friend, and over delivers. Anytime you can release a product that over delivers, you've done a great job!
• Scott Hanselman points out some more technical information, such as the use of IFilters to index file types, and the new performance monitors.
• Dare Obasanjo, who's on the MSN Spaces team, points out it's a replacement for Lookout. He also complained about the Windows 2003 support.
• Jeremy Wright says it crashed several times, and he uninstalled it.
• Brandon Paddock provided quite a bit of stuff today. First, some tips (including the Windows 2003 fix). Next, he has two posts about feature requests, including a nicelylaid out request for context-sensitive filters.
• Jeff Sandquist agrees with me, and says the deskbar is the hidden gem.
• Neowin raises the issue everyone knew would come up eventually: Viruses.
• Seattlepi.com does a comparison of MSN Search to Apple's new search.
• Marc Orchant says he uninstalled it, and gives a couple of reasons.
• Things that make you go hmm does a review, and points out the Highlight Viewer.
• Rob Mensching (of WiX fame) points out that the installer was made using WiX. Then he points out that the installer isn't up to par.
• Jonathan Hardwick gives tips for getting it indexed faster.
• Brendan Tompkins says it's just another case of Microsoft copying someone else.
• Sriram Krishnan has a very solid all around review of it, pointout out his surprise that it's more hackable than google's search.

I know there are more posts out there, but these were the best and most diverse ones I found.

One note on the Windows 2003 fix - there's word that if you don't have Outlook open, the indexing doesn't index. I wouldn't know. My computer never runs without Outlook open.