rhingst Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I go to Control Panel and Remove Programs but Bing is not there. What do I do? Rudy & Linda 2007 Hitchhiker Discover America 339RSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Joyce Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 In Internet Explorer click the gear on the upper left and select Manage Addons. From there you can select "Search Providers", add your favorite one and make it the default. 2004 40' Newmar Dutch Star DP towing an AWD 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, Fulltimer July 2003 to October 2018, Parttimer now. Travels through much of 2013 - http://www.sacnoth.com - Bill, Diane and Evita (the cat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docj Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 You can do the same thing in Firefox and Chrome to make sure that the search engine used is the one you want. Sandie & Joel 2000 40' Beaver Patriot Thunder Princeton--425 HP/1550 ft-lbs CAT C-12 2014 Honda CR-V AWD EX-L with ReadyBrute tow bar/brake systemWiFiRanger Ambassador Follow our adventures on Facebook at Weiss Travels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhingst Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 We use Google for our searches. My issue is that when you move the mouse and wake up the computer a new tab opens and Bing is displayed and I don't want this. Rudy & Linda 2007 Hitchhiker Discover America 339RSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docj Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Usually the browser settings determine what happens when a new tab is opened. With Chrome it is easy to specify what page, if any, is displayed. You didn't specify what browser you are using, but go into the Settings and look for the "specify what happens with new tab" dialogue. Sandie & Joel 2000 40' Beaver Patriot Thunder Princeton--425 HP/1550 ft-lbs CAT C-12 2014 Honda CR-V AWD EX-L with ReadyBrute tow bar/brake systemWiFiRanger Ambassador Follow our adventures on Facebook at Weiss Travels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV_ Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Rudy, If you are using IE I don't understand why a new tab is opened when it wakes into IE. Mine displays the last tab I was on. What are you using for your home page? I don't think you realize that using Google for search insures your last searches will be used to target advertising to your computer. To get rid of some of the tracking go to the gear again, then scroll down to manage add ons then click on tracking protection lists. Try each one, you can disable them later if you don't like the results. You can use several together. http://www.iegallery.com/en-us/trackingprotectionlists One list called Stop Google will accomplish what you want, but lots of sites and views get garbled when all Google cookies are blocked. Remember that tracking protection is voluntary, in that if the companies that agreed to abide by no track requests decided to track you anyway, they can until blocked. RV/Derekhttp://www.rvroadie.com Email on the bottom of my website page.Retired AF 1971-1998 When you see a worthy man, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy man, look inside yourself. - Confucius “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ... Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhingst Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 We use Firefox and have Yahoo set as the home page. Rudy & Linda 2007 Hitchhiker Discover America 339RSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N TX Dave Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Sometimes you can go to the programs and look for Bing and there will be an uninstall there or use computer go to you drive and look for Bing directory and you will find an uninstall there. Dave Watkins Highland Village, TX 2014 F-350 Dually Open Range 349RLR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV_ Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Go to task manager and check startup programs too. As well you can use CCleaner if you are more comfortable with it. Open CCleaner and on the left side click on "Tools." Then click on "Startup". You can just right click on Bing if it is there, and a menu will drop down under it where you can click disable and it will not start up next time you boot. You will have to restart to see if that worked. Don't just disable startups to see what happens. But if Bing is there it will be safe to disable. RV/Derekhttp://www.rvroadie.com Email on the bottom of my website page.Retired AF 1971-1998 When you see a worthy man, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy man, look inside yourself. - Confucius “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ... Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa_desert_rat Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 It's true that Google will plant cookies on your computer to send you ads "relevant" to what you've searched for or looked at. But I have a website and an analytics utility that tells me how many pages the search "robots" have indexed and Google indexes far more than Bing or any other search robots. This means that you have a far greater chance of finding something with Google since it's searched and indexed more pages. Especially if you do not simply take the page 1 results. Visitors to my pages are sent by Google at a rate 10-times that of any other search engine. WDR 1993 Foretravel U225 with Pacbrake and 5.9 Cummins with Banks 1999 Jeep Wrangler, 4" lift and 33" tires Raspberry Pi Coach Computer Ham Radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV_ Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Rudy? What have you tried and what did you find? RV/Derekhttp://www.rvroadie.com Email on the bottom of my website page.Retired AF 1971-1998 When you see a worthy man, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy man, look inside yourself. - Confucius “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ... Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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