Shoutbox

Thanks CookieRevised,  I have a bit of a post for Spunky, here, so, please standby!
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Originally posted by Spunky
Reinstalling would have no affect as Plus! would surely have continued to change your settings after it was reinstalled, right?

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Actually, Reinstalling would have a positive effect! It would delete my profile, the profile in %appdata%, would be clear, so plus would not exist there! It would be a clean profile!

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Originally posted by Spunky
I think Cookie was just demonstrating that you don't need to go to such extreme lengths to remove the software

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I understood that after a while...thanks!

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Originally posted by Spunky
If a program doesn't have an uninstaller .exe file, Add/Remove Programs is the correct way to uninstall it (In fact, it's the preferred way even if the programs does have an uninstaller

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Right...And I was letting cookie know that is how I uninstalled the sponsor toolbar and software!

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Originally posted by Spunky
Qualifications mean nothing if you do not know how to do something. I have a many qualifications, yet wouldn't say I know how to create 3D graphics for example.

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Right...I know what I am doing.  I didn't intend to rub in anything, I was just mentioning, I have that... That is me saying I do not know everything, because, guess what, I don't and I know you don't!  Learn from experience!  I worked in an IT Department for a couple years as an apprentice, so yes qualifications mean nothing, but I do happen to know what I am doing!

Rude much?

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Originally posted by Spunky
No, whilst Messenger Plus is not exactly and official add-on/extension, Microsoft for the most part allow it. Patchou (the creator) was even an MVP and worked closely with the Windows Live Messenger Team I understand.

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Thank you for that informative feedback.  My friend from Netherlands says Microsoft does, so I thank you for this piece of information!

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Originally posted by Spunky
Thats why some of the things we say may seem a but rude.

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No it is totally alright, but you totally sounded very rude toward me personally.  You are all defending your software, and I understand that!  I would Defend Linux Mint all day long if I could, but since it does not run games, people dislike it.  Oh well~

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Now, Thank you so very much CookieRevised!  You are very informative, and may have answered my question!

This is what I did when I downloaded it!

That was the same link I clicked several weeks ago.  So I may be leading you in circles, which I am good at.

I ran the Installer And unchecked those two boxes that popped up!


Then the software did it's download, Now, something else happened last time I installed it, and downloaded it...

Another box popped up showing a toolbar for Plus! Network.  it had 3 check boxes, and I unchecked them both, and I had to click another agreement window, and I did, because it was a messenger plus agreement (I read it carefully, after all, good practice) And It proceeded to download.

It was installed, Would not let me in and all hell broke loose.

This time...well...now I have Plus, and no sign of the Plus! network showing up.

So it's possible I got a bad installer the last time?  Maybe?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
There might be other causes too though. I hate to say it, but maybe you did not completely uninstalled the sponsor program properly?... And another possible cause, which a friend of mine got: it's stupid but for some reason 'something' decided to put back old files on his computer, which included his 'old' FireFox profile settings, which of course contained the browser search changes. Maybe it was a backup, Windows own history system thingie (forgot what it is called), even maybe FireFox itself, or whatever. Either way, that was the real reason, not Messenger Plus! taking things over by magic again after everything, including the sponsors, were removed (but of course he claimed it was).

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Could have been windows reverting things.  I noticed Windows is capable of doing things like that, But this is my first time witnessing it, doing it on its own.  Normally I request to revert back to working state, not let Windows do what it wants.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I see, well much thanks for the input though!
I assume asking to reinstall Plus! again with its browser companion stuff and redo all the steps would be a bit too much?

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I did reinstall it, but if you want me to install with the checkboxes off, I can do that again, but not tonight.  I have work in the morning and I am already up later than I wanted to be.

Also, scans did bring up traces of SweetIM...Could that have been laced into the messenger plus I previously downloaded?  I got it from the same link, and the same site as I just did now?

OFF TOPIC...well...sort of
I apologize for coming off so rude.  On Xmas eve, morning before work, which was non stop busy, My Internet Radio broadcast computers drive died (heard the thud sound and nothing worked) So Most of that evening, and Xmas day was spent trying to fix that, and then I hop on my computer again after all was well to see Plus! Network taking over my computer.  No sleep, after being up at 6 on Xmas eve, I was, to say, a little pissed off, and took my anger out here.  No excuse, just what I did.  I am sure you all have had your share of bad days, I am just like a shaken up bottle, and I explode when it gets too much.

I am normally not that rude, I can take criticism thanks to Graphic Design classes I had.

Anyway, I will do things based as you said again, because I trust you know what you are doing, having the largest experience of installing plus, and I certainly appreciate your responses much.

PS. I do have eraser, and another one for linux...works well!