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Whenever I boot my Windows 8 computer, my default browser (Chrome, though this happened while IE was my default browser) opens up and automatically opens the Bing homepage. What's causing this and how can I prevent this from happening?
My computer automatically opens Bing when it boots
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I guess your browser starts whenever your system starts, so disabling the browser on startup may fix your problem.
- Go to
runor press Windows + R - Type
msconfignavigate to Startup - Choose Chrome and uncheck the checkmark (checkmark indicates programs which start during boot process)
- Choose Apply and OK
- Reboot your machine
Next time your browser won't start on every boot.
BlueBerry - Vignesh4303
Posted 2013-08-27T11:04:47.980
Reputation: 7 221
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As it turns out this question is a duplicate (sorry about that).
The solution is the change the following registry entry to 0:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\EnableActiveProbing
More detail on this fix is given here
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In Windows 8 open your Task Manager (Windows+x and then hit T) and click on the tab Startup, from here you can disable the applications/programs you do not want to start when Windows 8 is booting. If for some reason it does not solve the problem, download and run Autoruns. Download it from here
Devid
Posted 2013-08-27T11:04:47.980
Reputation: 5 566
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What have you tried so far? The basics? http://www.liberiangeek.net/2013/01/disable-startup-programs-in-windows-8-using-task-manager/
– Austin T French – 2013-08-27T11:10:15.253@AthomSfere I've looked at the scheduled tasks, tried changing default browsers. I don't think Chrome is causing the problem because IE did this for a while too – None – 2013-08-27T11:27:49.583