Sneaky Microsoft Ad

I believe Gone Fishin has the right idea with post #40. Find the search button in your taskbar. Right click on it. A menu box should appear. Start at the top of the menu box list and read down until you see News and Interests. Hover over it. A menu box should appear. Start at the top menu box and read down until you see Turn Off. Click Turn off. Hopefully that will do the trick.
 
SeniorBen said:
If you want to get rid of the image in your search bar, right-click the search bar and hover your mouse pointer over the "Search" menu item. You'll see "Show search highlights." Just uncheck it and the image in the search box will disappear.
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Thank you all for your suggestions, the prize goes to
Senior Ben, this worked and it has now gone.

Some of the questions are answered here:
I have Windows 10
I don't have Chrome
I removed Edge, when it all started.

Mike.
 
Mike said:
Thank you all for your suggestions, the prize goes to
Senior Ben, this worked and it has now gone.

Some of the questions are answered here:
I have Windows 10
I don't have Chrome
I removed Edge, when it all started.

Mike.
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Hahaha! Man, I need to get more rest. This whole time I thought you were talking about MS Edge the program.

Or maybe I better finally get glasses. 😄

Glad Sr. Ben understood the issue.
 
Murrmurr said:
Hahaha! Man, I need to get more rest. This whole time I thought you were talking about MS Edge the program.

Or maybe I better finally get glasses. 😄

Glad Sr. Ben understood the issue.
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It is about Edge the programme, Murrmurr and it hasn't gone away,
the search box is still there, but it is blank now, when I click it the big
image that I posted above, still pops up, but at least the intrusion is
a lot less now.

Mike.
 
Mike said:
It is about Edge the programme, Murrmurr and it hasn't gone away,
the search box is still there, but it is blank now, when I click it the big
image that I posted above, still pops up, but at least the intrusion is
a lot less now.

Mike.
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Got it.

We'll probably start finding links and videos to the Edge solution in the coming weeks.

I tried to get rid of those stupid "tiles" when they first showed up on my PC, but I eventually just gave up. I figured out how to delete them from that little black pop-up window, though. There were around 20 or so tiles, and now there's only 3. But I don't use them. All my favorite links are in a toolbar up top, far more convenient that those stupid tiles you get when you log on.
 
Thanks for the link GoneFishin, I don't have edge, I deleted it
when I got the add, I have visited every place in the settings,
but can not find anything helpful, I haven't got the "Profiles"
bit either, by removing Edge, I might have caused a problem
over and above the unwanted "AD".

I will think about installing edge and starting again, to remove
the Ad.

Mike.
 
thanks for the help. lemme know if someone figures this out. :)
Mike said:
It is about Edge the programme, Murrmurr and it hasn't gone away,
the search box is still there, but it is blank now, when I click it the big
image that I posted above, still pops up, but at least the intrusion is
a lot less now.

Mike.
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yes and what you said prior too.

for me:
windows 10
removed Edge some time ago. or tried to.
use Firefox Only, duckgo Only.
have some edge thing trying to get back in.
had 2 MS things dwnld 5/5/22. do not know if i should remove them.
do not have edge intrusions on this lappie, only the other one.
 
oldpop said:
I believe Gone Fishin has the right idea with post #40. Find the search button in your taskbar. Right click on it. A menu box should appear. Start at the top of the menu box list and read down until you see News and Interests. Hover over it. A menu box should appear. Start at the top menu box and read down until you see Turn Off. Click Turn off. Hopefully that will do the trick.
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i cant do any of these things suggested, dont have the links cant find, nothing ive got resembles any of this.
but thanks for thinking on it.

ive been thru programs controls settings all the places findable by me that would show edge.
 
Mike said:
It is about Edge the programme, Murrmurr and it hasn't gone away,
the search box is still there, but it is blank now, when I click it the big
image that I posted above, still pops up, but at least the intrusion is
a lot less now.

Mike.
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You can get rid of the search box by unchecking "Show search box."

You can't get rid of Microsoft Edge, though. Big Brother doesn't allow you to do that.
 
GoneFishin said:
Did you try this???? @CrowFlies
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as i said i dont have or use edge. MS onedrive i think is causing this issue on my Other lappie.
think i tried to uninstall that one day not long ago. i see it here on this one and dont have that intrusion.

i get so sick of suddenly finding some weird change on my PC from a update install or some thing
that happened.
as well something often seems to 'happen' for big holidays and happenings. like i have bad service
during big sports events, thats when ill find some change when i get OL.
 
SeniorBen said:
You can get rid of the search box by unchecking "Show search box."

You can't get rid of Microsoft Edge, though. Big Brother doesn't allow you to do that.
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This gets curiouser and curiouser, as Alice said!

I had been trying to uncheck the "Show Search Box", since you first suggestion
Senior Ben, just now after reading, your suggestion above, I thought that if I
check the "Show Search Icon", it might let me clear both, when I checked it, the
check/tick mark, moved from the "Show Search Box" up to the "Show Search Icon"
and the lot disappeared from my "Task Bar", a result, as if by magic.

Thanks again Senior Ben.

Mike.

Unwanted ad Gone.jpg
 
hi i dont know what youre talking about. unless its a diff in terms. idk.
see mike i dont have a taskbar that looks like that nor do i have a lil box with 'start' in it.
i use firefox.

to start....Where is this 'show search box'....i dont even see that.
ive got a search box top rite where i. .Ive picked my search engine...i removed the others.
other than that....not a clue where this 'show search box' is.....dont know where 'show search icon' is.

now, at this lappie, ive got the annoying boxes next to my bottom taskbar search box...which i only use
to get control panel. the search box i use is top right taskbar.

later today when im back...i will have both lappies on and check on the programs/updates and see how they
compare at this point, since my other lap does not have these MS things in the bottom system search box.
 
You have lost me now CrowFlies, I use Firefox too.

The taskbar is at the bottom of the screen, usually, unless you specify
another place, the top bar is the "Address Bar" and on the right side
there are a few bit to do with Firefox, like, history , bookmarks etc., etc.

To find the "Show Search Box", put your cursor anywhere in the Task Bar
at the bottom, in a clear space and right click, a window will pop up at the
top it says "Toolbars >", the next item down is "Search >", hover over that
and another window appears to the right, you will see, "Show Search Box"
in there.

Mike.
 
Mike said:
This gets curiouser and curiouser, as Alice said!

I had been trying to uncheck the "Show Search Box", since you first suggestion
Senior Ben, just now after reading, your suggestion above, I thought that if I
check the "Show Search Icon", it might let me clear both, when I checked it, the
check/tick mark, moved from the "Show Search Box" up to the "Show Search Icon"
and the lot disappeared from my "Task Bar", a result, as if by magic.

Thanks again Senior Ben.

Mike.

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OK...show search highlights got rid of that ad box!!!

ok, now i know what you all mean. ive...i..dont think ive Ever used that before. had no idea that big empty
space was full of..that stuff.

thanks mike...i made sense of what you wrote and that lil ad box is now Gone!!!
thanks to all for trying to help. im very right brain, this tek stuff makes no sense to me.
 
To get the little "Start" button, you need "Classic Shell", this allows
you to have the Windows 10, looking like older versions of windows,
XP, or 7, I went from XP to Windows 10.

Go here to get the latest version of Classic Shell, http://www.classicshell.net/

Good luck.

Mike.
 

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