ereks mom Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 ...install a previous version (4) instead. I also want to disable the auto-update feature. I searched online, but didn't find the help I need. I need STEP-BY-STEP instructions! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I've removed the Google toolbar before, and I didn't do anything special. IIRC, I clicked "start", went to the control panel, clicked on "add or remove programs", and removed it from there. I wanted it off my computer permanently, so I didn't run into your problem with auto updating. I'm not sure you can easily disable the auto update feature, which means when you reinstall v. 4, it will auto update you to v. 5. Some people seem to have had success with uninstalling v. 4 or v. 5, and installing version 3, and then someone posted about this on Google Groups: "had done the uninstall and reinstall thing several times, only to have version 4 reinstall itself in a matter of minutes online. But then I tried something that has not been mentioned specifically yet. I set the Google Folder properties to "READ ONLY" and Google tool bar is going on 8 hours now at the old version 3. It made sense to me to change the security tab settings to deny, but I never was able to see anything in the property settings that dealt with security settings for the Google folder and the link to Microsoft that was given as help to explain it was dead. Setting to read only seems for now at least to have solved the update problem. " I also found this: If you wish to stick to a particular version of Google Toolbar and do not want your toolbar to be automatically updated you can disable the auto-update by: 1. Blocking it in your firewall 2. Putting this line in your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file : 127.0.0.1 toolbar.google.com Otherwise, I don't think you can uninstall auto update. Also, I am not a computer person. I am a try something, anything until I find something that works person, and I practice these trial and error skills on my computer as often as it is required. So you may want to wait until someone else answers your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 Thank you! I'll play around with it and see what I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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