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Bing is a web search engine provided by Microsoft.

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Does bing have advanced search operators?

I'm interested in search operators you can type in the search box, not the Advanced Search interface. Does bing have search opeartors? Where's the documentation for them?
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Can I remove Bing maps from Outlook 365 ProPlus?

I was just upgraded to Office 365 ProPlus and now have "Bing Maps" showing up in my emails. Is there a way to remove/disable this from Outlook?
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Why does Windows 8 open Bing.com by itself?

My Windows 8 Laptop will open Bing in IE by itself. It makes a request to: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=219472&clcid=0x409 which then directs to http://www.bing.com Changed default browsers from IE to Chrome and see the same behavior…
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Bing Desktop local image folder

Bing Desktop used to store images at C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\BingDesktop\themes\. After the latest update to 1.3.395 the images are no longer stored there. Did anyone find the new location?
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Turn off Bing chat bot on Microsoft Edge

How do I turn off this annoying chat bot which opens up every time on Bing (on Microsoft Edge)?
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How to create Windows 8.1 with Bing installation media?

I've read somewhere that I can modify a Windows 8.1 Core image so that it could be installed as Windows 8.1 with Bing and activated with my Lenovo G50-70's BIOS key. It has something to do with this: link But I can't make it out what should I do.…
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How to disable Microsoft hostname lookup "enhancements"?

Recently, I found if I enter a single word query "blah" into a browser (Firefox or Safari) on my home Windows machine (not connected to domain) then search is redirected to Bing, instead of my default search engine Google. I've suspected that it is…
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How can I stop IE from treating URLs as Bing searches?

My org requires me to use Internet Explorer for our primary browser. A few times a day, when I key in a URL into the address line in IE (currently using v.11) it gets treated as a Bing search term, even when it is a correctly formatted URL, e.g.…
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Windows 8.1 With bing activation

Yesterday i bought a acer switch 10 and i want to install a clean copy of windows 8.1 to it. There is a product key in the UEFI bios and windows should take the key from it but i tried to install Pro and Core editions of windows 8.1 and none of them…
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Bing Desktop not updating the wallpaper anymore

For some reason, first my workstation and then my tablet stopped updating the wallpaper. First I thought it was my company that was avoiding the app to work properly but then I started noticing that the app itself is a mess: It has two storage and…
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Removing Bing from my Google search bar when I open a new tab

Bing has rudely planted its self on my "open new tab" so above Bing my regular Google is there but below is the irritating Bing search bar! I have tried everything I know of to get rid of it and it will not go! I can not find it listed under my…
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Where does Windows store Bing Dynamic Theme's wallpapers?

I'm wondering where does Windows store Bing Dynamic Theme's wallpapers? Or for that matter any other rss themes?
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Hi-res versions of Bing daily images?

Is there a repository somewhere of the daily images used on the Bing homepage?
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Bing's Search Engine but Google's New Tab on Google Chrome

Is it possible to make Bing the default search engine but keep Google's new tab page? If so, how can I do it? I prefer Bing's search engine over Google's, but prefer Google's new tab page over Bing's. I tried searching on Bing, Google, and Stack…
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Bing predictive search in Chrome doesn't work

I recently changed my default search engine in Chrome to Bing custom search (http://www.bing.com/search?setmkt=en-US&q=%s). After this, I am not able to use predictive search in Chrome. It seems to work with the Google search that comes by default…
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