[nickjj]

I think I've disabled search on Pro edition here. It just required a registry edit[0] (shutup isn't updated for 2004 yet AFAIK). On my machine it prevents internet searches from appearing.

The only concern is I don't know if it hides it while still being run in the background, or if it completely blocks the search from happening in the first place.

Kind of sad that end users even need to think about this sort of thing. It should be painfully obvious on how to disable such an invasive feature.

[0]: https://superuser.com/a/1531112