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I work in IT so I know to be careful whenever I install anything, but what really gets me is even many officially supported apps have an automatically checked "install bing toolbar" or something else option. I always choose "custom" on what I install so that I can manually check everything but it amazes me when I have gone to friends houses or such and checked something on their computer and they have about a dozen toolbars in their browser and as a result it's often so slow and gets in the way and looks so ugly.
The answer would be, everyone hates them, but it isn't going away any time soon. I was always irritated with Adobe for trying to sneak Chrome onto every PC, now they also try to load the Google toolbar for IE along with it. Apparently their answer to people being PO'd at them is at add MORE stuff to uncheck.
One way to avoid this trouble is to install all your freebies from ninite.com. You check off the ones you want and it builds an installer that automatically clicks Next for you, accepts the licensing, and refuses all addons and toolbars.
One way to avoid this trouble is to install all your freebies from ninite.com. You check off the ones you want and it builds an installer that automatically clicks Next for you, accepts the licensing, and refuses all addons and toolbars.
That's good to know. Thanks for the info.
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One way to avoid this trouble is to install all your freebies from ninite.com. You check off the ones you want and it builds an installer that automatically clicks Next for you, accepts the licensing, and refuses all addons and toolbars.
Ninite is the very first thing I run on a new install of Windows, and the only way that I get any of the apps available through it.
I certainly can't fault companies for doing that, and no one in IT should really. It IS how they get paid...
The REAL problem is people don't read those dialog boxes. They just assume it's all legal BS...
NEXT>NEXT>NEXT>NEXT... wait... why does my IE look like this????
But what if it is NOT a new install and I'd like to try Ninite on a laptop I've been using for 6 months? I use IE (not listed as a choice of browsers), but also have Chrome loaded just in case of problems with IE. I have Avast, but would consider changing to a better virus protector. I'd like Malwarebytes as a back-up on my laptop, but don't want to have problems or slow my computer down. I like the google toolbar and google as my default, but Bing keeps stealing the spot back - lol !
How do I proceed if I already have stuff loaded or possibly want to add some additional apps? How will I know if there will be potential conflict? Can you give me a screen print of what apps you typically load in a NEW install? I don't want to make a bigger mess and slow my computer down unnecessarily .
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Originally Posted by Skunk Workz
Ninite is the very first thing I run on a new install of Windows, and the only way that I get any of the apps available through it.
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