Google auto-update sucks
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Mark Wallace wrote:
I thought I was the only one! Were we separated at birth, or something?
Quite possible, if you're 26 too! :-D
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
I'm a few years past that, but there's a time-difference (I'm at GMT+1), so that would explain it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The auto-update facility for Google Toolbar is really annoying me. Version 6 of the toolbar does not play nicely with my company proxy server (the proxy server complains about badly formed queries). However version 5 works fine for me. And they have a link on their nicely minimal google toolbar home page for previous versions. However they have an auto-update feature that they are quite proud of - they have it in their list of features: Auto Update There is no need to check for new versions of Google Toolbar; updates are installed automatically, so you will always have the latest and greatest version. But you cannot turn it off! WTF! :mad: Why on earth provide previous versions if you cannot turn off the auto-update? Why would google engineers think that this was a good idea? Do they think forcing me to uninstall the auto-updated toolbar, reinstalling the previous version and then reconfiguring it would lead to an enjoyable user experience? As for the latest and greatest - it definitely isn't the greatest because it doesn't work for me. And don't even get me started on the bloat that they add with every version: autofill - meh, don't use web forms enough to make it worthwhile; access your bookmarks from any computer - nope, don't need that either; store my credit card details - whoa, not even with an encrypted hard disk and strong password. Why doesn't their software follow their minimalist theme to their web site? I just want to be able to get to google search quickly - that's it, nothing more. If anyone is interested, the way to turn off the auto-update, apparently, is to add the following line to your hosts file:
127.0.0.1 toolbar.google.com
Thank you for your patience in letting me let off steam. Rant over. I'm calmer now
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
I think the google toolbar updater puts an entry in the scheduler, so if you delete that, then the updates will stop.
Best wishes, Hans
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Kevin McFarlane wrote:
You can search from the search box in all the latest browsers. You're not stuck on IE 6 are you?
Yes - nuff said?
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
Sorry about that! :laugh: Also, I use Firefox. I think the toolbar is more unstable on IE than on FF. I've had [fixable] problems in IE in the past but not in FF.
Kevin
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Paul, I've found that people either love or hate the Google Toolbar. Personally, I find it useful for similar reasons to yourself. All I do is state those reasons when asked. But if others don't care for them that's fine. The Google Toolbar is the only browser toolbar I've found useful though. Any others that appear from time to time I uninstall. (Though some of the reasons people state for not liking toolbars are strange.)
Kevin
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
But if others don't care for them that's fine.
:laugh: I like the way you put it.
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
The Google Toolbar is the only browser toolbar I've found useful though.
Same here, I have never tried MS or the Yahoo toolbars, mainly because I do not use any of the services the companies provide.
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Any others that appear from time to time I uninstall.
Yeah, it was becoming a way for some companies to support others, and some to make money (Java SE and the Google Toolbar[^])...may be that is the main reason some do not like the toolbar. :~ Best regards, Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
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But if I installed every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software :)
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
Graham Shanks wrote:
But if I installed every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software
I have re-read that several times and I think that no software annoys you :) I think you are either Budhist or you have missed out an 'un' or my brain has stopped working (it could be any of those really!) :-D
Ali
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I think the google toolbar updater puts an entry in the scheduler, so if you delete that, then the updates will stop.
Best wishes, Hans
Thanks, never used it, but the Google Software Updater is there. It is possible, uninstalling the Google Updater could also solve it. Best regards, Paul
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
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Graham Shanks wrote:
But if I installed every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software
I have re-read that several times and I think that no software annoys you :) I think you are either Budhist or you have missed out an 'un' or my brain has stopped working (it could be any of those really!) :-D
Ali
Alison Pentland wrote:
you have missed out an 'un'
:doh:
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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Alison Pentland wrote:
you have missed out an 'un'
:doh:
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
Graham Shanks wrote:
"But if I installed every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software"
But Graham Shanks most probably meant: "But if I uninstalled every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software" Hence
Alison Pentland wrote:
you have missed out an 'un'
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Kevin McFarlane wrote:
But if others don't care for them that's fine.
:laugh: I like the way you put it.
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
The Google Toolbar is the only browser toolbar I've found useful though.
Same here, I have never tried MS or the Yahoo toolbars, mainly because I do not use any of the services the companies provide.
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Any others that appear from time to time I uninstall.
Yeah, it was becoming a way for some companies to support others, and some to make money (Java SE and the Google Toolbar[^])...may be that is the main reason some do not like the toolbar. :~ Best regards, Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
Paul Selormey wrote:
Same here, I have never tried MS or the Yahoo toolbars, mainly because I do not use any of the services the companies provide
I've tried them briefly out of curiosity. Well, the former really. The latter just appeared on my Dad's PC - probably via BT Broadband or something - and sucks really badly!:mad: The Microsoft one I just found to be not much use - probably for similar reasons to yourself. Anyway, I mostly use Firefox rather than IE and there isn't an MS toolbar for Firefox is there? Not sure.
Kevin
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Alison Pentland wrote:
you have missed out an 'un'
:doh:
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
No worries, that's what happens when you get to our age! (Just read your bio, 30 years :rolleyes: ) I had to mention the missing 'un' because I got stuck in a kind of a 'mental loop' reading it. Every time I got to the end and I thought I understood it, my brain said, 'Unknown error - restart'! Fortunately the phone rang and snapped me out of it, or I could have been there till the end of the day! :-D
Ali
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No worries, that's what happens when you get to our age! (Just read your bio, 30 years :rolleyes: ) I had to mention the missing 'un' because I got stuck in a kind of a 'mental loop' reading it. Every time I got to the end and I thought I understood it, my brain said, 'Unknown error - restart'! Fortunately the phone rang and snapped me out of it, or I could have been there till the end of the day! :-D
Ali
Alison Pentland wrote:
'Unknown error - restart'
I just get +++ OUT OF CHEESE ERROR +++
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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But if I installed every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software :)
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
You could save time by uninstalling Windows first. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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You could save time by uninstalling Windows first. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
You could save time by uninstalling Windows first
Too slow - I think I'll try
format c:Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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Paul, I've found that people either love or hate the Google Toolbar. Personally, I find it useful for similar reasons to yourself. All I do is state those reasons when asked. But if others don't care for them that's fine. The Google Toolbar is the only browser toolbar I've found useful though. Any others that appear from time to time I uninstall. (Though some of the reasons people state for not liking toolbars are strange.)
Kevin
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I've found the "IE Developers Toolbar" to be handy on occasion especially when debugging javascript when Items are nested in containers mangling names and testing different screen resolutions.
Ah, yes. I forgot about that. :-O Firefox is my default browser but when doing ASP.NET dev then I use both IE Dev Toolbar and Firebug.
Kevin
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I have plenty of reasons for wanting a toolbar personally but each to his own. However, from the OP's words there seems to be no reason why he needs it.
Kevin
The only toolbar I use is the Del.icio.us toolbar. Even there, I turned off the toolbar itself and dragged the Bookmark button to my menu bar.
Cheers, Vikram.
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