IE update?

FrankJH · 16 Oct 2014 at 19:22

Wonders if there has been a forced "Bing Search" update to IE?

Certainly yesterday on my "new tab" page , along with my most popular websites was a Google search bar/page - which has now changed to Bing (which I detest).

Certainly no toolbar or add-in doing this - just wonders if the Windows updates which I installed last night have done this?

bullet · 16 Oct 2014 at 20:04

I've also got bing search bar since the update

can't find a way to remove it either :eek:

zakblood · 16 Oct 2014 at 21:32

don't use IE, then you don't get to see it or get forced to use it

Django x2 · 17 Oct 2014 at 07:59

Click the drop down arrow after the magnifying glass and choose "add" at the bottom right. You can then add Google and remove Bing (or make Google default)

FrankJH · 17 Oct 2014 at 19:48

Django x2 said:
Click the drop down arrow after the magnifying glass and choose "add" at the bottom right. You can then add Google and remove Bing (or make Google default)

The only magnifying glass I have is actually at the end of the search bar (with no drop down arrow at all)

The lowest item in the bottom right is hide/show sites (and that is only 1/2 way down)

The only drop down arrow is on the "Re open Closed tabs"

ShakenNstirred · 19 Oct 2014 at 02:04

zakblood said:
don't use IE, then you don't get to see it or get forced to use it

I'm running ie and didn't get this, so it's not forced or just added on you

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K1LLSW1TCH · 19 Oct 2014 at 11:48

Mine looks like this:

Clicking the arrow gives you an option to add Google as your search engine.

EDIT: Just saw you were talking about your new tab page changing, just go to Internet Options > Tabs > change the new tab page to whatever you want, mine is set to open Google.co.uk.

FrankJH · 20 Oct 2014 at 12:05

K1LLSW1TCH said:
Mine looks like this:

Clicking the arrow gives you an option to add Google as your search engine.
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Ahh there, I will check when Im home (I thought the drop down was on the page itself rather than the address bar

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K1LLSW1TCH said:
EDIT: Just saw you were talking about your new tab page changing, just go to Internet Options > Tabs > change the new tab page to whatever you want, mine is set to open Google.co.uk.

Hoping you were right first off as my new tab page should be able to have a google search bar along with my most used previous websites (which of course I wouldnt get if I just set it to google in the IE options)

Thanks

edit - your first suggestion got rid of bing right enough (and added Google) but the search bar itself has now completely disappeared that was there before when W8.1 was first installed.

While the search functionality in the address bar is ok, it can sometimes be annoying (like typing out an actual website address, it goes to google rather than the site typed lol)