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Using the product
Using Bing™ for Microsoft
®
Surface
®
You can use the
Bing™ for Microsoft
®
Surface
®
application to search for images and maps
with local category information (where available). As an administrator, you can modify some
of the settings of the application using the
Bing Configuration Tool
.
To open the application, on the
Start
menu, click
All Programs
, click
Bing™ for Microsoft
®
Surface
®
, and then click
Bing Configuration Tool
.
The Bing Configuration Tool
You can use the
Bing Configuration Tool
to modify the variables described in the following
sections.
Default Location
The default location that is displayed on map
searches as a star icon.
To change the default location, type the
location you are interested in, click the search
icon, and then select the radio button that best
reflects the location you are interested in.
Map Default Location Label
This location is displayed when you click the
star icon that shows your current location.
The following map shows an example of the
location and label of a customized map.
Safe Search
By default, safe search is turned on. When this filter is turned on, any queries sent to the Bing
Search APIs are set with the Adult.Strict option.
When the filter is turned off, any queries sent return unfiltered results.
Turning the filter off is not recommended.
