flr169 0 #1 April 27, 2008 win 98...explorer version6... ya I know old beater... the question is how do I get rid of all the extra crap like yahoo search, bookmarks messenger my space .. this stuff has attached itself to my browser... thanks in advance MikeLife's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #2 April 27, 2008 Switch to firefox instead Look in your preferances there should be options for all that crap. Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flr169 0 #3 April 27, 2008 where am I finding these preferances....??? this computer is ancient...p3 550 with a huge 256 ram wwith a 10 and 5 gig hard-drive.... will firefox even run on it.... for some reason everything has slowed down lately... MikeLife's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #4 April 27, 2008 free download of CCleaner will also help clear out lots of crap on your machine... "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #5 April 27, 2008 I agree with all advice above.. and would like to ad a few Firefox.... yes! CCCleaner.... yes!!! Or, switch the old computer to linux!!! You may also try Spybot S&D for spyware, and Yahoo has a good anti-spy tool in the tool bar as well. Go through the MSConfig, selective start up... I'm sure there is some stuff in there slowing it down too.... Good luck!Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #6 April 27, 2008 I ran Firefox on a system similar to yours with Win98 for years and it worked fine. Much better than IE. If you don't like it for some reason you can just uninstall it. IE will still be there. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rwieder 0 #7 April 27, 2008 Mike: Go to Control Panel. Select The Add/Remove Prograns icon. Select the programs you wish to delete, and fire away. Each program removal may and/or require a restart. If it does, repeat the process until everything you want deleted disappears. Follow up with a scan disk, then a defrag. I hop this helps. Good Luck in your endeavours.-Richard- "You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydveraz 0 #8 April 27, 2008 Quote I agree with all advice above.. and would like to ad a few Firefox.... yes! CCCleaner.... yes!!! Or, switch the old computer to linux!!! You may also try Spybot S&D for spyware, and Yahoo has a good anti-spy tool in the tool bar as well. Go through the MSConfig, selective start up... I'm sure there is some stuff in there slowing it down too.... Good luck! I agree with what everyone has said! You may need to run the defrag program also! Arizona only has two seasons, Hot and HOTTER! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iambeav2 0 #9 April 27, 2008 Ok, instead of changing things b/c your comp may or may not run what everyone has...the best bet is the Add/Remove programs thing...and when you install other applications MAKE SURE TO READ THE INSTALLER AND DE-SELECT THE "Install *such and such* toolbar" box. The answer to all questions is not "Get a mac, Use FF, d/l this, d/l that, get a different OS." I'm sorry, just getting a bit more fed up each day with those answers to a typical "Help me here guys". A simple how too is sometimes all that is needed. I hate going to a mechanic for a "ticking" in my *X brand* Truck and the mechanic instead tells me to just buy a *Y brand* truck. The end, hate me now or later, haha. Actually please don't ...it's not the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...it's the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until someone appreciates it for you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #10 April 27, 2008 Quote The answer to all questions is not "Get a mac, Use FF, d/l this, d/l that, get a different OS." I'm sorry, just getting a bit more fed up each day with those answers to a typical "Help me here guys". The end, hate me now or later, haha. It aint so badas to the posts about changeing OS, FF etc... (ad nauseum) I run nothing but windows software (it's free for me) and i NEVER have issues with it. I run a good virus scanner, and also always update from windows regularly. Never had a problem in over a decadeYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iambeav2 0 #11 April 27, 2008 Precisely my point. I CAN see the "M$ is a more tediously kept" system, but big deal. That's it's drawback, as every other OS has them. I LOVE UBUNTU and RHE, but Vista is what I run right now...not to mention prices are just more economical for a PC vs Mac system......it's not the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...it's the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until someone appreciates it for you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #12 April 27, 2008 Quote Precisely my point. I CAN see the "M$ is a more tediously kept" system, but big deal. That's it's drawback... But even that's not a draw back, i have my system set to AUTO update weekly, both DAT files and M$ updates, i dont have to do a damned thing You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #13 April 27, 2008 Pssst...... Linux is free, FireFox is Free, Advice is free..... Take it or leave it! Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #14 April 27, 2008 Quote Pssst...... Linux is free, FireFox is Free, Advice is free..... Take it or leave it! Consider it LEFT ( * )You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radioshack 0 #15 April 27, 2008 Didn't M$ stop supporting 98 back in 2006? No security updates for you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #16 April 27, 2008 Quote Didn't M$ stop supporting 98 back in 2006? No security updates for you I regularly get updates from MSYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flr169 0 #17 April 28, 2008 Hey Bill: uninstalled all the junk last night..... installed ccleaner also have avg installed along with spybot sd..... defradg doesn't wanna work for some reason....just hangs at 1%.....0% all night long.... this thing hasn't been re-formatted since 2000.... I just pulled it out of storage awhile ago...laptop problems.... thanks everyone for the input MikeLife's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #18 April 28, 2008 did you run Scandisk?Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #19 April 28, 2008 Quote uninstalled all the junk last night..... installed ccleaner also have avg installed along with spybot sd..... defradg doesn't wanna work for some reason....just hangs at 1%.....0% all night long.... this thing hasn't been re-formatted since 2000.... I just pulled it out of storage awhile ago...laptop problems.... thanks everyone for the input Mike For the defrag time issue, you may want to do that last. If you are running it for the first time, it make take a while. You may want to start it and walk away for an hour. One of the biggest issue for speed is what you have on your toolbar that loads at startup. The biggest hog that I have found is the HP printer software. I downloaded Regcure, for free. I selected the register cleanup and clicked almost everything as "disable" so that it would not load on startup. That helped the speed more than anything. I downloaded Firefox for free. It saves me from about 90% of my virus issues. It is easy to do. Since it prevents a lot of problems, instead of fixing them later, it seems like a good choice. I also run Lavasofts Ad-Watch from time to time. There is a free version of that also. It takes 30 minutes to run. I do that once a month. You can do all those step in a short evening and solve your problems. Those steps are free, mostly easy, and quick to download. You will have a noticeable speed change. I run Windows XP Professional on a 512K, 10 gig system, hammered together from spare parts. Sounds like a similar system. (Be wary of free Spyware. Half of it IS spyware.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flr169 0 #20 April 29, 2008 thanks all....Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
