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Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« on: 2006 September 07, 06:09:39 »
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My daughter, has installed 'live messenger'.  Along with the installation she has added the google toolbar.

I cannot see any way of getting rid of it.  I am so damned pissed of with her I could wring her neck.

Does anyone know how to get rid of it please?

I have tried 'add remove programmes'.  It isn't listed.

I have tried all the clicky tabs, I can't see an option there either.

I don't want it, I hate it, and it has made my browsing window smaller.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #1 on: 2006 September 07, 06:16:47 »
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Well, I just googled this and came up with this:-

1. Click on the "Settings" button located directly on your Google Toolbar. Please note that if you don't have a "Settings" button on your Toolbar, then you likely have an older version installed. Instead, please click on the Google logo button located to the left of your search box.
2. Choose "Help" and then "Uninstall."
3. Add comments about your experience with the Toolbar if you wish, then press the "Uninstall the Google Toolbar" button.

Don't know if it'll help. Good luck.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #2 on: 2006 September 07, 06:29:44 »
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* ness patpats her google toolbar.

I like it...  wouldn't be without it!  It's not as though the amount it slices off the top of the browser window is terribly huge, and it's damned convenient being able to search without first going to a site...

But yeah, you can uninstall it the way Aussieone said
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #3 on: 2006 September 07, 06:30:17 »
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I love my google toolbar.  But yeah, it's easy to get rid of.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #4 on: 2006 September 07, 06:39:45 »
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They are a really pushy about giving it to you when you don't want it, but it really is a good product.  It blocks my pop-ups.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #5 on: 2006 September 07, 06:41:33 »
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Thanks everyone for the rapid help.

I have google as my home page.

Didn't mean to offend anyone, one mans meat.........., as they say.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #6 on: 2006 September 07, 06:43:02 »
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It used to block my popups really well...  but then I changed to XP, and it doesn't work so well any more Sad

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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #7 on: 2006 September 07, 10:01:03 »
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I had a similar problem with the fucking yahoo toolbar.  It came bundled with Adobe reader, which I thought was a respectable program.
The only way to uninstall that was to download the toolbar again and install it seperately, then remove it from add/remove programs.

I hate bundleware.  If I want the yahoo toolbar, I'll install the yahoo toolbar, not acrobat reader.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #8 on: 2006 September 07, 10:58:29 »
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I was stuck with the Yahoo toolbar for months.  I tried absolutely everything.. my techie guy tried everything.  Undecided   Eventually I gave in and emailed Yahoo.. and they sent me a removal file.  Gone in minutes!!

I was still pretty miffed that I had to do that to get rid of something that I never wanted in the first place.. Angry
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #9 on: 2006 September 07, 11:21:01 »
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I had the google toolbar & the yahoo one - together, nightmare as I don't even remember downloading them, must have been late at night when I wasn't paying much attention.  It was such a hassle allowing pop-ups from certain sites as I had to click on them both, drove me nuts.

Glad you got it sorted.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #10 on: 2006 September 07, 11:23:27 »
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I was really annoyed when I tried to install the latest version of Daemon Tools. You cannot install it unless you agree to have the When U Save (or something like that) installed. They say you can uninstall it after installation is complete, but I just chose not to use Daemon Tools, anymore. Or at least go back to an older one.

Sucks, because loading with my disk seems to take longer...or is that just my imagination?
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #11 on: 2006 September 07, 14:11:40 »
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And this, kids, is why we use this.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #12 on: 2006 September 07, 14:51:09 »
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I love my google toolbar. I'm surprised to hear it came bundled with Acrobat reader, though.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #13 on: 2006 September 07, 15:23:18 »
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Usually if you choose custom install instead of standard or default install, you can choose not to install bundled apps. Unless you're installing QuickTime, which forces you to install iTunes at the same time. You can then uninstall iTunes with Add/Remove Programs, but most likely stuff is left behind in the Registry. Apple sucks.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #14 on: 2006 September 07, 15:51:21 »
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I usually check carefully before installing anything, making sure I don't get a lot of stuff I don't want or need.  I almost always do a custom installation.
Adobe seemed like a company I could trust.  I won't make that mistake again.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #15 on: 2006 September 07, 17:01:24 »
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Usually if you choose custom install instead of standard or default install, you can choose not to install bundled apps. Unless you're installing QuickTime, which forces you to install iTunes at the same time. You can then uninstall iTunes with Add/Remove Programs, but most likely stuff is left behind in the Registry. Apple sucks.

Yes, when it is I installing, I don't usually get the bundleware.  But, when it is my daughter who is trying to do it in a hurry, because I told her specifically NOT to install something, is entirely a different matter.

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« Reply #16 on: 2006 September 07, 17:34:44 »
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Yes, when it is I installing, I don't usually get the bundleware.  But, when it is my daughter who is trying to do it in a hurry, because I told her specifically NOT to install something, is entirely a different matter.

Time to remove her administrator priveliges.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #17 on: 2006 September 07, 18:01:38 »
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IE 7 doesn't really even need Google Toolbar if you are using it just as a Popup Blocker and Search.  Then again, IE 7's ugly and defaults to Windows Live as the search.  It's also a pain to install, it's the only browser that I know of that has to RESTART THE COMPUTER after installation.  Restarting Firefox to change your skin pales in comparison.

Most people that have this in Firefox are probably recent users (Not used to the Built-In Search) or users that translate pages a lot.  If the reason you're sticking with IE is that you can't run Firefox/Opera due to the fact you're at Work/School, get a portable version.  Portable Firefox is here.  Portable Opera is here.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #18 on: 2006 September 07, 18:10:36 »
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I have the admin privileges removed for the two godchildren who are using my computer, but I shouldn't have to do that for my own kids, who should know better.

...What am I saying? I must be ill.

I had the yahoo bar and aol bar crap going on with the IE too. Shortly afterward I discovered --well, got my nose rubbed into it-- Modzilla and never looked back. IE now lies dormant and is only used for places that can't fully support Firefox. Luckily there is only one for me, my web-classroom.

NOTE to preempt comments due to reading into/misunderstanding my post: I know some people don't like Firefox, but I love it. I love the multiple tabs, the stability, just about everything about it. I never had any problems with it to-date; certainly not in the magnitude that IE continuously dumped on me. Personal choice, no slighting intended, and no lecture needed/wanted.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #19 on: 2006 September 07, 18:16:36 »
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Veilchen, you said web-classroom.  Are you taking courses that way?  I may pick your brain a little later on that if it's OK - I found out some info about taking the courses I need for Pharmacy and I can take them online so I thought I may do that.
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« Reply #20 on: 2006 September 07, 19:08:47 »
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IE now lies dormant and is only used for places that can't fully support Firefox. Luckily there is only one for me, my web-classroom.
Install IE Tab, and you can tell Firefox to use the IE rendering engine for pages that don't support Firefox yet, thus eradicating the need to use IE ever again,
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #21 on: 2006 September 07, 22:31:19 »
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Time to remove her administrator priveliges.

I have done that now, thanks for the reminder.  The kids have the guest account.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #22 on: 2006 September 07, 22:47:24 »
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Install IE Tab, and you can tell Firefox to use the IE rendering engine for pages that don't support Firefox yet, thus eradicating the need to use IE ever again,

Cool!  I missed that one somehow.  I've been using IE View to cover this problem, but I'll definitely install this.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #23 on: 2006 September 08, 02:09:25 »
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Firefox>everything else.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M9BON5nd8Fg

Woot! I have had it for a year and a half, and I am still discovering new features/plugins. Plus the skins are SO SEXY.

BLANGED-OUT Pimpzilla, fr'instance.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1542/previews/

Yes, you know you want it.
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Re: Not Sims related, but a rant, and help needed. Google toolbar?
« Reply #24 on: 2006 September 08, 02:12:26 »
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I was really annoyed when I tried to install the latest version of Daemon Tools. You cannot install it unless you agree to have the When U Save (or something like that) installed. They say you can uninstall it after installation is complete, but I just chose not to use Daemon Tools, anymore. Or at least go back to an older one.

Sucks, because loading with my disk seems to take longer...or is that just my imagination?
Brynne, when I installed the new Daemon Tools I was able to get rid of When U Save by running Ad-Aware SE. Daemon Tools still works fine.
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