On Windows 10, when I search from something from the start menu (like a file on my computer), it also offers to see "web results" directly from the start menu, without a web browser. To prevent this, we have specifically blocked bing.com and bing.net for our network (see below) and we have all search engines blocked by default, except those we specifically allow, and bing is not in the "Always Allow" list (see below). Yet, on Windows 10, when we click the start button on the lower left, we can search for something and Cortona (? I think) offers the option to see "web results". If I choose that, it still grabs instant results from the web, somehow via Bing. Is there a way, using OpenDNS to completely block this behavior which Microsoft builds into Windows 10? Thank you!
Thanks roblitz. I tried adding just cms.msn.com and msedge.net and waited a few hours. I rebooted the computer, but the Bing results still show. Now I have also added these domains you suggested (see below) and will try a second time.
By the way, you said, "...I can see the following domains, beside subdomains of bing.com and bing.net" So did you see some zzz.bing.com or yyy.bing.net domains in the list as well? Perhaps those would be the culprits? In any case, I will let you know if the additions below work.
Thank you again!
Hi rotblitz. I did not realize that adding a top-level domain to the block list will kill all subdomains under it too.
That said, I am embarrassed to say that bing.com and bing.net *were indeed enough* to solve the problem! The issue for us was that, unknown to me, our ISP's tech guys had logged into our router a while back and removed the OpenDNS nameserver entries while they were trying to fix something else. I put those entries back, and removed the extra "always block" entries I had added above in trying to research this. Sure enough, the Windows 10 start button search on all our pc's on our network no longer produce results. It now says, "Preview is not available now"
Thank you again for your help, and I am sorry to have wasted your time! I did download the DNS sniffer software because I bet that will come in handy, too. I found that sniffing the "loopback" produces nothing, only the 192... address.
