Since installing Windows 8, I'm getting this slightly strange behaviour:
- Allow computer to sleep with a Chrome session still running
- Wake computer
- My Chrome session now has two extra tabs open, both on the Bing homepage
This doesn't happen all of the time, and I think it is only occurring when I resume the computer the next day after putting it to sleep.
Chrome is set to use Google as the default search engine, and there are no suspect plugins installed.
Could it be Windows using the default browser to launch some default page on a certain trigger?
UPDATE: I've now discovered this occurs as well whenever I connect to a VPN…
Best Answer
This issue actually occurs every time windows connects to the internet/wifi. This seems to be caused by the netprofm or Network List Service. Disabling it will help, will also interfere with your ability to automatically connect to a wireless network.