Federated Search on Windows 7

Federated search on Windows 7  lets you search online repositories from within Explorer. Those repositories can be RSS feeds, or sites like you tube. It’s primary purpose is to provide easy access to search enterprise portals. fortunately people are already building providers for all sorts of services.

In the screenshot I was able to search the TLA blog for articles on Windows 7. To read any of these articles I just click on the results and then click open

You can find Federated Search connectors for all sorts of sites. For now of course you should download the TheLazyAdmin Federated search provider! 

To install, First you'll need Windows 7, then download the zip file from the link above, open the zip file and double click the Thelazyadmin.osdx file.

That's it, open Windows Explorer or browse to C:\Users\<username>\Searches and search the your favourite Tech Tips site right from your desktop!

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