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["Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

absolutely. But I didn't do an upgrade. I've had Google Desktop for a year 
or two and have never touched it. This I find even more sinister so it's 
gone gone gone off my system now.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amro Bilal" <amro_bilal@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 1:05 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: google edit box - it's driving me mad!


> Hi Damon,
>
> I noticed that recently many upgrades, such as java upgrades and other
> applications, started to install Google Toolbar and Google Desktop Search
> along with what they meant to upgrade. Some other upgrades, like MSN
> messenger upgrades, install MSN Search and such. So, I now always opt for
> Custom Installation rather than express installation or what have you when
> performing an upgrade. Just another thing to lookout for in the ongoing
> battle of who is meant to have the upper hand, you or your computer? :@
>
> Cheers,
> Amro
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 9:36 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: google edit box - it's driving me mad!
>
>
>> yes! It was Google Dkestop! I didn't realise it had a search facility 
>> like
>> that, it certainly wasn't there until the last few weeks and I didn't
>> check
>> any boxes or anything. Could it have been an autoupdate of some kind? 
>> I've
>> got rid of Google Desktop as I couldn't be bothered to find out how to 
>> get
>> rid of the search box.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Amro Bilal" <amro_bilal@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:14 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: google edit box - it's driving me mad!
>>
>>
>>> Hi Damon,
>>>
>>> Could it be Google Desktop Search? What Google applications do you have
>>> on
>>> your computer?
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Amro
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 3:19 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: google edit box - it's driving me mad!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Alistair,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for getting back. No I don't have Bearshare on my PC.
>>>>
>>>> Just to add to what I said earlier, this edit box also appears at the
>>>> top
>>>> of
>>>> a couple of text editors I'm trying to use. So, I launch the text
>>>> editor,
>>>> and if I start writing straight away I discover I'm writing in this
>>>> annoying
>>>> searchbox and not in the document at all. This is how it appears from a
>>>> jaws
>>>> user perspective.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts from anyone much appreciated. Anything to look out for in
>>>> Add/Remove software or in my browser menus?
>>>>
>>>> Could this be something to do with Google gadgets? I've got a whole
>>>> directory of Google tools landed in My Documents folder under a sub
>>>> folder
>>>> called 'My Google Dagets'. No reference to it in Add/Remove software
>>>> though.
>>>> I'm confused.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> ...Damon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Alistair" <allykelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 3:08 PM
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: google edit box - it's driving me mad!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Damon,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a thought, do you have Bearshare installed? if so then this might
>>>>> be
>>>>> the problem as it automatically configures google search as your
>>>>> homepage,
>>>>> I
>>>>> have noticed that if the pc is on for a extended period then the edit
>>>>> box
>>>>> pops up all over the place.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alistair
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 1:44 PM
>>>>> Subject: [access-uk] google edit box - it's driving me mad!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>> I've got a Google search box that keeps appearing on web pages in
>>>>>> Internet
>>>>>> Explorer and in open emails in Outlook Express too. Almost every web
>>>>>> page
>>>>>> I land on, it's there and it drags my reding cursor in with its
>>>>>> tractor
>>>>>> beam. I have to ESCAPE several times before it goes away. It's
>>>>>> severely
>>>>>> hampering my surfing ability.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't appear to have the google toolbar enabled. And I don't know 
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> it's relevant or not but this appeared soon after I installed
>>>>>> Firefox -
>>>>>> which I've since taken off my machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If anyone has any thoughts on how to get rid of it, that'd be much
>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe it's time to splash out on that laptop I've been thinking about
>>>>>> instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...Damon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> skype:  damonrose
>>>>>>
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