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Comment by iamaaditya

10 years ago

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3053711

(from the link)

Resolution

To resolve the issue, do not create a user account contains the string "user" on the computer.

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Aldo_MX  10 years ago 

  Applies to
  ...
  Windows 8.1 with Bing

I'm perplexed that a windows version "with Bing" exist...

  • HappyTypist  10 years ago

    Windows 8.1 with Bing is sold at a very low price with a 100% rebate (I.e it is free).

    Google shares ad revenue from bundled searches, if you use Google on Firefox then Mozilla takes 20%. Likewise for Windows OEMs and Apple Safai.

  • rhino369  10 years ago

    It's a free version of Windows with Bing installed as the default search engine. Meant to compete with Chromeos.

  • TeMPOraL  10 years ago

    Oh. That explains a lot.

    In the spirit of POC||GTFO, I created a user called "testuser" on my work machine (running Windows 8.1) today, and I couldn't reproduce the problem. It seems the missing "with Bing" part may be responsible...

    • crazypyro  10 years ago

      It applies to every version of Windows 8.1, according the docs, not only Windows 8.1 with Bing. To be fair, its an intermittent problem, so could just happen on longer intervals or some other scenario.

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