Solve : I think I'm computer jinxed!?

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Answer» I am using a Toshiba Satellite running an AMD Turion 64 X 2 with 2.00 GB Ram. I an using Internet Explorer which is the problem. It constantly freezes and leaves a message that it has a problem. I then close it and reopen. This is getting tiresome. I installed Mozilla Firefox but it didn't bring over my Favorites, etc. but it did bring over Open OFFICE which I don't want and can't uninstall without uninstalling Mozilla. Anyone have any suggestions on IE that will help? Thanks in advance. SandraWhat do you mean "it brought over open office"? Firefox is a standalone app. And it should identify and import your favorites during the install, but if it doesn't just go to File - Import / Export. Uninstall Firefox and open office and download Firefox from here: HTTP://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ie.html Allan, that was a mistake on my part. I installed Open Office the other day and tried to uninsall it. There is no way, that I can find, to uninstall it. It popped up when I was trying to find information on how to get my Favorites imported into Mozilla, which I still haven't found. I jumped to conclusions about Mozilla bringing it. Sorry for the misinformation and thanks for the link to Mozilla.Quote from: Allan's sig Allan Forum Admin Tweaks.com Quote from: Tweaks.com Forum Etiquette & Guidelines Please do not post links to competing web sites unless it is an integral part of your response to a technical question in a thread. Allan, I installed Mozilla from your link and when I click on it, or IE, Open Office comes up. Is there anyway I can uninstall this nuisance? SandraQuote from: Nonnie on September 13, 2009, 03:36:33 PM It popped up when I was trying to find information on how to get my Favorites imported into Mozilla, which I still haven't found. Again, in Firefox click on FILE - IMPORT - INTERNET EXPLORER.............Are you saying Open Office doesn't appear in ADD / REMOVE in Control Panel? And again, just FYI, Open Office and Firefox are separate apps unless you installed the Open Office add-on in Firefox.Yes, that is what i am saying. When I downloaded Firefox all I did was hit the download button, hit run, etc. Nothing came up about addons. The Open Office is coming up as my home page, even though I have another page set as my home page, when I click on Firefox to get on the internet. I sincerely think me or my compute, or both, are jinxed. SandraSandra, I looked on Google and there seem to be a number of people with a problem uninstalling Open Office. Did you intentionally download and install Open Office? If not, can you provide the link where you originally downloaded Firefox? Also, just for the heck of it please do two other things. Please run a full scan with your anti virus utility and also download Malware Bytes and run a full scan with that too.If I'm reading this right, Nonnie has a problem with Open Office establishing itself as Firefox home page. Is that so?Perhaps I misunderstood. Sandra, is it just that Firefox's homepage is Open Office, or is Open Office installed on your system?I may be wrong as well. Let's see...Allan, I, too checked Google and found that many people have this problem. I installed OO myself. I Googled Open Office and found the link www.openoffice.org and downloaded it from there. I have tried going to Programs and Features (I have Vista) and it's not listed there and I have tried using a search for it and find nothing on my computer. I will run the anti-virus scan and the malware scan and get back with you tomorrow. Thanks for now. Sandra Allan, I ran the anti-spy ware and the Malware. Everything was okay on the anti-spyware. Here's what the malware says: Invali Shortcut 117 Tracking Cookie 6 Window Registry 18 Active X Control 54 System Service 1 File ASSOCIATION 179 Shared DDL 45 Application Path 4 Help File 1 All the other listings had 0Okay - you can let Malware Bytes fix everything. Do you use a disk imaging utility? If not, I suggest you (and everyone else) download one and use it on a regular basis (and before you let MalwareBytes make the corrections - just in case). I am a FAN of Acronis True Image, but that's not free. There are a number of good, free alternatives (Google: Free Disk Imaging Software). If that doesn't fix it I suggest you try the following: Reinstall Open Office to the exact same location. See if it appears in Programs & Features. If it does, uninstall it. If not, see if there is an uninstall.exe in the Program folder (may be "uninstall.exe", "unwise.exe", or something similar).

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I am using a Toshiba Satellite running an AMD Turion 64 X 2 with 2.00 GB Ram. I an using Internet Explorer which is the problem.

It constantly freezes and leaves a message that it has a problem. I then close it and reopen. This is getting tiresome.

I installed Mozilla Firefox but it didn't bring over my Favorites, etc. but it did bring over Open OFFICE which I don't want and can't uninstall without uninstalling Mozilla.

Anyone have any suggestions on IE that will help? Thanks in advance.

SandraWhat do you mean "it brought over open office"? Firefox is a standalone app. And it should identify and import your favorites during the install, but if it doesn't just go to File - Import / Export.

Uninstall Firefox and open office and download Firefox from here: HTTP://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ie.html Allan, that was a mistake on my part. I installed Open Office the other day and tried to uninsall it. There is no way, that I can find, to uninstall it.

It popped up when I was trying to find information on how to get my Favorites imported into Mozilla, which I still haven't found.

I jumped to conclusions about Mozilla bringing it. Sorry for the misinformation and thanks for the link to Mozilla.Quote from: Allan's sig

Allan
Forum Admin
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Quote from: Tweaks.com Forum Etiquette & Guidelines

Please do not post links to competing web sites unless it is an integral part of your response to a technical question in a thread.

Allan, I installed Mozilla from your link and when I click on it, or IE, Open Office comes up. Is there anyway I can uninstall this nuisance?

SandraQuote from: Nonnie on September 13, 2009, 03:36:33 PM

It popped up when I was trying to find information on how to get my Favorites imported into Mozilla, which I still haven't found.

Again, in Firefox click on FILE - IMPORT - INTERNET EXPLORER.............Are you saying Open Office doesn't appear in ADD / REMOVE in Control Panel? And again, just FYI, Open Office and Firefox are separate apps unless you installed the Open Office add-on in Firefox.Yes, that is what i am saying. When I downloaded Firefox all I did was hit the download button, hit run, etc. Nothing came up about addons.

The Open Office is coming up as my home page, even though I have another page set as my home page, when I click on Firefox to get on the internet. I sincerely think me or my compute, or both, are jinxed.

SandraSandra, I looked on Google and there seem to be a number of people with a problem uninstalling Open Office. Did you intentionally download and install Open Office? If not, can you provide the link where you originally downloaded Firefox?

Also, just for the heck of it please do two other things. Please run a full scan with your anti virus utility and also download Malware Bytes and run a full scan with that too.If I'm reading this right, Nonnie has a problem with Open Office establishing itself as Firefox home page. Is that so?Perhaps I misunderstood. Sandra, is it just that Firefox's homepage is Open Office, or is Open Office installed on your system?I may be wrong as well. Let's see...Allan, I, too checked Google and found that many people have this problem.

I installed OO myself. I Googled Open Office and found the link www.openoffice.org and downloaded it from there.

I have tried going to Programs and Features (I have Vista) and it's not listed there and I have tried using a search for it and find nothing on my computer.

I will run the anti-virus scan and the malware scan and get back with you tomorrow.

Thanks for now.

Sandra

Allan, I ran the anti-spy ware and the Malware. Everything was okay on the anti-spyware. Here's what the malware says:

Invali Shortcut 117
Tracking Cookie 6
Window Registry 18
Active X Control 54
System Service 1
File ASSOCIATION 179
Shared DDL 45
Application Path 4
Help File 1
All the other listings had 0Okay - you can let Malware Bytes fix everything. Do you use a disk imaging utility? If not, I suggest you (and everyone else) download one and use it on a regular basis (and before you let MalwareBytes make the corrections - just in case). I am a FAN of Acronis True Image, but that's not free. There are a number of good, free alternatives (Google: Free Disk Imaging Software).

If that doesn't fix it I suggest you try the following: Reinstall Open Office to the exact same location. See if it appears in Programs & Features. If it does, uninstall it. If not, see if there is an uninstall.exe in the Program folder (may be "uninstall.exe", "unwise.exe", or something similar).

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