Bling seems to have taken over my PC and made itself my default search engine.
It's utter s**te.
How do I get rid of the pesky thing?
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9 years ago
OT; Piggin Bling!
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9 years ago
Typo for Bing?
Easier to answer if we know your operating system (Windows [?]) and which browser you use (Internet Explorer [?], Firefox etc).
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9 years ago
Sorry, yes!
:-)
Windows, but don't know which version - how do I find out?
IE 11.
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9 years ago
Probably don't need it as it's IE11
Not my tipple and I'm about to go out but try:
- click the "gear" in top right corner of IE11
- click "Manage add-ons"
- in the Manage Add-ons box select "Search Providers"
- if you've previously used Google it should be on the list and you can make the default
- if not, or if Google's been deleted, you'll need to install a new search provider: see eg
formatting link
(NB you don't need to watch the bloody Silverlight video. Just click on "to add new search providers"
Sorry I've go to dash but witrh luck a better tutor will be along shortly. Although "better" is propably redundant in that sentence.
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9 years ago
Showy, of no intrinsic value or worth, coveted by chavs and the illiterati?
Owain
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9 years ago
Ah, is *that* why people use Windows?
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9 years ago
Name Google Status Default Listing order 1 Search suggestions Enabled Top result Not Available
Is wot it says :-(
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9 years ago
I use it because it was loaded on my machine.
Daft questions;
Whats wrong with Windows - from a laymans POV. What alternatives are there?
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9 years ago
Sometimes, it does crazy things for no reason, and as it's the most common OS by far, it's a magnet for malware writers.
For someone who wants it to "just work", Mac OS, if you can live within the limits laid down by Apple. Android for mobile stuff like tablets and phones.
If you want a stable machine for limited uses, then Linux is good, but can be a sod to set up, as I keep finding. Mainly, it's the lack of easily available drivers for hardware that stops me in my tracks. (Cue Linuxisti saying "It's easy to write a driver or build it from source...")
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9 years ago
Yes well there you go. If you say Bing to anyone over 50, they say White Christmas, he sung it of course. What made Microsludge use that word, I have no idea. there are lots of good names for a search engine after all. How about Findit, or maybe startpage, h, that exists already. grin. Brian
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As I said. the program hijack this from trend lists all the entries in the internet exploder program. If you remove them all then you end up with no provider and can then grab one you like and use that. I think it will work on 11, but only seen it work on 9 myself. Brian
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Last time I looked (some 8 years ago) there were 140,000 viruses for Windows. There's also a chance your machine has been silently taken over and is part of a Botnet that gets used in Denial of Service (DOS) attacks.
Windows also seems to think that it's useful that if an app (Word, say) has a file open, I shouldn't be able to rename the file using, say, Explorer (not IE).
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9 years ago
ITYM "As the security model is inherently f***ed in the head, it's a magnet for malware writers"
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9 years ago
I gather you may be running Linux now ;)
If not, and you are still stuck with Bing, is *anything* under Toolbars and Extensions? There are various other things which can grab your searches - eg "Conduit".
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If I knew what it was I might :-)
Norton, Goggle, AVG, Adobe etc, but nothing about Bing or searches.
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9 years ago
It needn't mention Bing to be giving you Bing. So can you list the rest or post a screengrab somewhere?
And what's the full name of the "AVG" entry? If you use AVG software it may be OK but there's plenty of software that instals AVG toolbars without users realising it .
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9 years ago
No. cue linuxisti saying 'you must have some bloody weird hardware as I've not had a hardware driver issue in 5 years'
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9 years ago
Shall I start with the LCD screen on this laptop, which won't let me adjust the backlight brightness under Linux without using a script?
It's not even the latest and greatest, as it's over 6 years old. It also uses a very common Intel graphics chipset.
I've been having hardware problems with Linux since the earliest days of X.
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9 years ago
Odd. worked 'on the buttons' on my ten year old one, out of the box..
So did I, but... ...I haven't had them in the last 5 years...
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For a geek (or someone challenged with improving usibility) it's quite easy to turn scripts into GUI interfaces. Look at either using zenity or yad.
End users expect everything to work out of the box with nothing to configure. This is the experience buying a computer from a shop, or using one provided by the IT services at work.
Not every one can run an OS installation or be expected to.
However, those that can, should try Linux - and be ready to install and configure at request for others. The challenge is time, and unfamiliar hardware....