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Re:Windows 10 phones home when you search your start menu, e... by foiboitoi on Monday August 10, 2015 @07:34PM (#10038185)
I think this is worse though. It fires even when you've disabled web search through most GUI interfaces. It might stop using Windows Firewall > block SearchUI.exe

It will even ignore a-0001.a-msedge.net in your hosts file.

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Re:Windows 10 phones home when you search your start menu, e... by ikeboy on Monday August 10, 2015 @07:59PM (#10038292)
I just changed both Search rules to block and it appears to have worked.
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