[dba-Tech] Bing

[Peter Brawley]

On 7/7/2021 2:08 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> >From time to time (I think it may be when there's a windows update)
> Microsoft changes my default app for pdfs to it's reader instead of
> Acrobat.  Then it changes all the mp3s and ther audio and video defaults to
> its own app and away from VLC.
>
> I really wish they wouldn't do that.
>
> But I haven't found a way to stop them.

Windows the OS for lemmings, isn't it odd that so few USAmerican Windows 
users publicly object to such intrusion?

Only way I know to stop it is to turn off automatic updates, allowing 
only security updates.

PB

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PB
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> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 12:02 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm guessing you mean as your default search engine in Firefox?
>>
>> This shows how....
>>
>>
>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox
>>
>> It says basically to click the Menu button (Upper Right - three horizontal
>> bars)
>> Then Settings, then Search
>>
>> GK
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 12:44 PM Ed Tesiny <eptept at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Folks, is there an easy way to get rid of bing, MS snuck it on my
>>> system.  I'm using Firefox as a browser, Win 10
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