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Bing Search in new tab page after October Cumulative update MS14-056 kb2987107 - Search in the address bar and the search box on the new tab page

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After installing the latest October IE Cumulative Update from  MS14-056 kb article 2987107 you may find a new feature for tab browsing adding the "Search in the address bar and the search box on the new tab page". This is a really good option to have and makes the tabs much more useful!. This is currently available only in Internet Explorer 11 after updating to the October IE Cumulative update.

 

Where can I managed this new setting?

  • You can manage this new setting from the IEUI Manage Add-ons / Search Providers

STEPS: Hit the Alt+X key combination to bring the Settings context menu and select Manage Add-Ons

From the Manage Add-Ons, select the Search Providers and uncheck the option "Search in the address bar and the search box on the new tab page"

 Where is the registry being modify by this setting?

REGISTRY LOCATION:  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

VALUE:  "AutoSearch"=dword:00000001

1 = ON/SELECTED

0 = OFF/DESELECTED

 

Can this setting be managed by GPO?

GROUP POLICY LOCATION: If you Enable this GPO, it will removed the Search from the about:Tabs  

Policy Name:  Prevent configuration of search on Address bar

Online link reference: User GPO: https://gpsearch.azurewebsites.net/\#1737 /  Machine GPO:  Computer GPO: https://gpsearch.azurewebsites.net/#7307 

Category Path User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Internet Settings\Advanced settings\Searching\

Registry Key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Value AutoSearch

Comments

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2016
    Awesome!!! Thank you so much! Worked like a charm using GPO from 2k8 for IE 11 on Windows 7.