Stupid question of the year

portchieboy

Blimey, coming thick and fast thanks!

Macman....done all that, except the toolbars. How/where do I find/delete them please!

Killerwatt (HA, just got that!)....Just what is a '64 bit OS', what does it do/replace, etc!

SB.....bit nervous, again, what does this replace? I actually use Firefox as a browser, does it replace that?



Goodness, sad thing, I am enjoying this!

closed

Is it fixed, and if so, which change fixed it?

macman

Uninstall unwanted toolbars via Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs, or disable them via IE Tools/Options.

GunJack

but you should certainly not be running IE7. IE 8 is the default browser for XP. - macman

I wouldn't get too hung up about this one, I still use IE7 on my XP desktop. If your security suite is up to the job, not going to IE8 is not essential, in fact I reverted back to 7 after finding 8 not as friendly.....

...still, Opera is the main browser on that pc anyway and IE isn't used that much these days

macman

Agreed, it's not crucial-but tends to indicate that other Windows Updates may be not be installed either? On the other hand, SP3 is showing as installed...

stilltheone

portchieboy wrote: »

Blimey, coming thick and fast thanks!

Macman....done all that, except the toolbars. How/where do I find/delete them please!

Killerwatt (HA, just got that!)....Just what is a '64 bit OS', what does it do/replace, etc!

SB.....bit nervous, again, what does this replace? I actually use Firefox as a browser, does it replace that?



Goodness, sad thing, I am enjoying this!

No, it doesn't replace it. Just gives you another option. FireFox will work as normal.

I too prefer Opera.

KillerWatt

portchieboy wrote: »

Killerwatt (HA, just got that!)....Just what is a '64 bit OS', what does it do/replace, etc!

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=32bit+vs+64bit

portchieboy

Sorted, thanks all.
Not oversure which one fixed it. Ithink having done all in step 2, and then knocking out the 2nd firewall, all was then well.

Understand now about 64bit, but am relatively happy now where I am. Quickly tried Opera, but I think that is going to take some getting used to. For instance, it would niot let me type into a particular field on a form, so may play with that later.

Cheers all.