My computer automatically opens Bing when it boots

Question

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?

Solution 1

I guess your browser starts whenever your system starts, so disabling the browser on startup may fix your problem.

1. Go to run or press Windows + R
2. Type msconfig navigate to Startup
3. Choose Chrome and uncheck the checkmark (checkmark indicates programs which start during boot process)
4. Choose Apply and OK
5. Reboot your machine

Next time your browser won't start on every boot.

Solution 2

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

Solution 3

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

Comments

[Austin T French]

What have you tried so far? The basics? liberiangeek.net/2013/01/…

[Admin]

@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