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Lord Herbert

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Some advice with my computer, please ....
Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:51pm

Where is the computer Help thread on this forum board?

Something's buggered up my Firefox browser's Toolbars setup ~ and I've been trying all day to get them back.

System Restore didn't help.

The browser I have now is missing my Tab bar (Options > Tabs > Always show the tab bar ) ~ doesn't work.

I downloaded an old Firebox browser to fix this problem (as advised) ~ but can't open the .xpi extension.

(Rightclick menu bar > Customize ... ) ~ no joy.

It's Google that keeps hijacking my browser layout and other things.

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Reply #1 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 4:08pm

Hi Herbert
We need Moses on here.

My suggestion is to try Tools Clear Recent History including virtually all the boxes then restart the browser

This among other things will clear you cache and history, I have had browser problems caused by websites I have visited being stored in cache history etc

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Reply #2 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 5:12pm

Hi John! Glad to see you here.

I'm guessing Moses will be along shortly.

These bloody 'updates' of Google and Firefox etc never seem to come up with anything but a worse version of what they had before.

They stuff with the toolbars, the bookmarks setup, etc etc so you have to use a search engine to try to get back the format that once suited you best.

Seen Photobucket lately? It used to be a great little image hosting site ~ but it's now utter crap. A total bugger up.

Catch you later.

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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21672 ACT Gender:	Re: Some advice with my computer, please .... Reply #3 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 5:53pm Hi Herbert Not John, another Redneck from a couple of other sites, different username on DR (which I dont want to go into here) not a very frequent poster on DR. Cheers the other Redneck
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Some advice with my computer, please .... Reply #4 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 5:57pm Redmond Neck wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 5:53pm: Hi Herbert Not John, another Redneck from a couple of other sites, different username on DR (which I dont want to go into here) not a very frequent poster on DR. Cheers the other Redneck Good Loooooord! There are two of you? Double trouble!
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49321 At my desk.	Re: Some advice with my computer, please .... Reply #5 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 7:39pm Uninstall and reinstall.
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brumbie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 994 Gender:	Re: Some advice with my computer, please .... Reply #6 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 7:54pm Herbert we have just had a firefox update..mine did the same i had to reapply my preferences...so no cause for concern altough i feel your pain,it took me a while to get everything back to normal
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Some advice with my computer, please .... Reply #7 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 8:07pm freediver wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 7:39pm: Uninstall and reinstall. That's just one of the many things I tried. Didn't work. Thanks anyway.
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Reply #8 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 8:16pm

brumbie wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 7:54pm:

Herbert we have just had a firefox update..mine did the same i had to reapply my preferences...so no cause for concern altough i feel your pain,it took me a while to get everything back to normal

Thanks for sharing.

Why O why do these software designers feel they have to tamper with already very good browser formats?

They screwed up Photobucket so badly that I now use Imageshack.

They're like small kids who keep on fiddling around with the delicate parts of their toys until they fall apart.

I'm thinking of bypassing all the angst and going straight through to install Opera as my new browser.

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Some advice with my computer, please .... Reply #9 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 8:19pm brumbie wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 7:54pm: ... i had to reapply my preferences... Is there a 'Preferences' option somewhere? My knowledge of computers is only very basic.
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Reply #10 - Apr 15^th, 2013 at 8:54pm

well my main problem was getting all my addons working again,my main set up stayed the same which is making me wonder if you have maybe got a browser hijack afterall...download malwarebytes and double check:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

run the quick scan

and then download superantispyware free:

http://www.superantispyware.com/

its probably the damn update though.

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Reply #11 - Apr 16^th, 2013 at 4:56am

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 3:51pm:

Where is the computer Help thread on this forum board?

Something's buggered up my Firefox browser's Toolbars setup ~ and I've been trying all day to get them back.

System Restore didn't help.

The browser I have now is missing my Tab bar (Options > Tabs > Always show the tab bar ) ~ doesn't work.

I downloaded an old Firebox browser to fix this problem (as advised) ~ but can't open the .xpi extension.

(Rightclick menu bar > Customize ... ) ~ no joy.

It's Google that keeps hijacking my browser layout and other things.

Sounds like an update. Make sure autoupdate is off or it will happen again and again.

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Reply #12 - Apr 16^th, 2013 at 7:40am

brumbie wrote on Apr 15^th, 2013 at 8:54pm:

well my main problem was getting all my addons working again,my main set up stayed the same which is making me wonder if you have maybe got a browser hijack afterall...download malwarebytes and double check:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

run the quick scan

and then download superantispyware free:

http://www.superantispyware.com/

its probably the damn update though.

Thanks for that. For the last two days my startups have be stopped halfway to getting to the desktop. A lot of other 'defective' poo going on too.

I ran my TrendMicro anti-virus = Nothing. Spybot Search and Destroy = Nothing. RegCure Pro = Nothing.

I tried my Macrium Reflect Recovery Disk = wouldn't work. I've had various 'Recovery Disks' over the years, with not one of them ever working. Useless as tits on a bull.

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brumbie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 994 Gender:	Re: Some advice with my computer, please .... Reply #13 - Apr 16^th, 2013 at 9:23am no worries,is everything ok now?
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Some advice with my computer, please .... Reply #14 - Apr 16^th, 2013 at 2:10pm brumbie wrote on Apr 16^th, 2013 at 9:23am: no worries,is everything ok now? ... er ... no. Super-etc and Malwarebytes didn't find any problems. My paid-for TrendMicro antivirus is crap, and I just might format the hdd and do a reinstall of the OS. But first I'll try Opera.
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