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Bing toolbar
I have windows 7 desktop,I have tried to get rid of the BING toolbar but it keeps popping up with windows updates.
Is there a way that I can stop this and get rid of the BING altogether?
Many thanks.
Bing toolbar
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Hello Trendy,
Once you have the "Bing toolbar" uninstalled, you can hide the update to not see it anymore.
Windows Update - Hide or Restore Hidden Updates
Hope this helps, :)
Shawn
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Posts : 379 Summary Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 CPU AMD Athlon II X2 250 23 °C Thread Starter
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Now, the question is: How to keep them hidden. Each time new updates arrive to be installed, those hidden updates are visible.
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They only become visible again when the update itself is updated - which is unfortunately frequent in the case of Bing
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Thanks for the reply Noel. I'm not so sure about that statement. The last update for Microsoft's Silverlight was May 8, 2012. I'm trying to hide two updates: Bing Desktop and Silverlight. Every time a new updates comes across, both of these updates reappear from being hidden.
Of course, one solution is to just install both updates. That's perfectly fine. But. I don't want or need Silverlight and Bing installs that annoying search bar on my desktop with no way to remove it permanently or temporarily.
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Silverlight had an update on 11th March 2013, and two on 29 Aug 2012, 10(!) on 5th April 2012 - apart from the one you mention.
It all depends on which version is already installed (if any)....
It does have its uses (unlike the Bing Bar, or Bing Desktop - which are two different things)
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The Bing Desktop provides a different desktop image each day and also plants a Bing search bar in the desktop. There are provisions to stop the imaging but nothing to disable the search bar.
I believe I stopped it through msconfig by unchecking the Bing desktop in Services and Startup.
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