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Re:Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by... by la_barba on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:02PM (#20422254)
I've seen IE launch itself at times after a reboot. When the OS updates & reboots, a lot of apps take this opportunity to update themselves, or maybe its the default behavior on system boot, who knows. After the update they decide to send you to their website - but they fuck up the API call and so IE just shows the default homepage.
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Re:Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by... by skrebbel on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:10PM (#20422320)
But why IE? Why not Edge? IE hasn't been the default browser for years.

And iirc Edge shows some shitty news feed "new tab" screen (without ads). It's still crap, but less crap than msn.com :-)

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Re:Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by... by AaronFriel on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:27PM (#20422462)
After updating to any of the semi-annual releases in the past few years, Edge is what brings up a page to tell you that your computer updated. I think they're just using it as a glorified and guaranteed installed safe to run HTML viewer.

IE does not start up automatically.

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Re:Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by... by DuskStar on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:18PM (#20422385)
The kind of app that fucks up the API call is probably also the kind that hardcodes IE.
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Re:Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by... by shawnz on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:57PM (#20422816)
I suspect it actually was Edge and the OP didn't realize
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Re:Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by... by la_barba on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:59PM (#20424438)
It was IE. I'd have to hand my nerd card in if I couldn't tell the difference :P

They probably did some hacky shit like

CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run "cmd /k C:\Progra~1\Intern~1\iexplore.exe" & Blah

and then forgot to set Blah, or it used to be set but somehow got unset in a later update script, etc.

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Re:Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by... by skrebbel on Friday July 12, 2019 @03:50PM (#20423851)
And the admin had hand-configured msn.com as the Edge start page?
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