how to completely remove bing desktop from my computer

In my case, I use the Chrome browser and had a specific set of pages set up, and also had a specific thing set to happen when I opened a new tab.

Without my having to respond to any specific queries in regard to changing those preferences so that Bing would open 1) as my front page, and 2) as the default "new tab", precisely those two changes were made. I want to emphasize that this happened without any warning or querying for input on my part as the user.

I have been a windows user for many years, and it is only recently that this sort of thing has started happening. If it is somehow the result of automatic updating, then this is a new feature of automatic updating, and it should be changed - reverted back to the old style of automatic updating that did not result in such invasive reconfiguration of daily use, browser preference settings.

I'm going into such detail here in the hope that people employed by Microsoft read the input / feedback in this forum.

The problem that I and others are discussing on this thread boils down to exactly one thing: poor quality customer service.

I am not a "hater." I very much prefer Microsoft products in general to competitors, but I do not like Bing. I use Google as a fully integrated set of tools, and I do this in part because my employer mandates it.

I implore any representative of Microsoft who may read this to understand that by attempting to "force" or "trick" users to change their browser preferences to adopt Bing, Microsoft engages in behavior that WILL turn users against their products. Again, if you want users to adopt your product, create a good product and market it effectively instead of using sneaky, underhanded means to foist that product onto unsuspecting users.

Bing is like Herpes, it never goes away completely, and keeps coming back forever.  Uninstall Bing through Windows Update, then set your Windows Update preferences so you can control which updates are installed.  You will have to manually select the Bing Desktop update and hide it, and it will be there every single time you go to update Windows for as long as you have the computer.

On the contrary, I would press criminal charges against them for breaking and entering - and they would GO TO JAIL!

My computer is MY property! If you want me to try your software, then convince me of its merits and ASK me to try it. Don't invade and damage my property by forcing your software onto it.

 I prefer to control what is on my computer as well andI do not believe I have been forced to use anything from Microsoft. If you allow automatic updates, then you must accept what is provided as an update. However, I have not seen Bing as anything but an optional update that I could select or not.

The computer may be your property but you only have a license to use the Windows operating system and this use is covered under the EULA (end user license agreement) that you agreed to.

I wonder if Microsoft and other large tech companies will ever return to an understanding that the best way to get people to use a product is to make it better than other existing products, and then promote it as such.

Forcing products onto unsuspecting consumers by making things like "Bing" behave invasively like viruses and malware is quite far from anything that anyone in their right mind would consider a good customer service model.

If some random appliance company broke into my house, stole my stove, and replaced it with another stove without telling me why they had done so or how I could get my old stove back, I wouldn't be happy about it even if they did leave me a note telling me the ways in which the new stove was better than my old one.

On the contrary, I would press criminal charges against them for breaking and entering - and they would GO TO JAIL!

My computer is MY property! If you want me to try your software, then convince me of its merits and ASK me to try it. Don't invade and damage my property by forcing your software onto it.