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These keep showing up on "Windows Update" and before I "hide" them, I'm just curious if anybody uses either one to good effect.

That's the only Windows Update I've never installed (thank goodness you can hide them). But I don't install any toolbars from anybody. (And about half of what I do on friends & family machines is uninstalling them.)

UberGerbil wrote:

That's the only Windows Update I've never installed (thank goodness you can hide them). But I don't install any toolbars from anybody. (And about half of what I do on friends & family machines is uninstalling them.)

This ... it would be nice if there was a GPO policy or something to just stop them from installing entirely.

I've been using the Bing desktop for quite a while now (pretty soon after it came it if I recall, which I have no idea when). I really like the bing desktop as it adds a new (and usually very cool desktop) every day. I've definitely had a few people comment on it (in a positive way). The Bing tool bar that comes with it...'eh, it's out of the way. Out of sight, out of mind. I always saw the update in my Windows update and assumed it was there because I actually have it installed. Not cool Microsoft if you're trying to push it on people who DON'T have it installed.

It is marked as an optional update and does not auto install. Optional updates require manual selection.

I too hide it to fulfill my OCD desires for uniformity.