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mom's computer
Jan. 22nd, 2014 11:57 pmI was over at my mom's on Monday, helping her with her computer. She was annoyed because she lost her homepage (Google). And also because her browser was different - and annoying. Turns out she was running Chrome, and it's obnoxious Ask Toolbar, and its annoying default menus/toolbars/etc. So I uninstalled Chrome. Then some toolbars. It wouldn't let me uninstall the Ask Toolbar Updater. Bastards.
When I was done with the uninstallations, I found that IE wasn't working right. I must have deleted one toolbar too many. If she clicked on a link in e-mail, it would open up a new Window of IE to her homepage. Not the page that the link intended. Just her homepage. Grr. I messed around for a while, but couldn't figure anything out.
I went back tonight. I started out with a Google search, but couldn't find much. That is a tough search. Most of them deal with links that just plain don't work. The closest I could get was links that open up blank pages. All of the solutions there dealt with reinstalling IE and/or somethingsomething the registry, or things that made even less sense to me.
I was trying to read through all this and make sense of it, when my mom got home. She came in and sat down to talk. Every time she started talking, I let go of the mouse and turned towards her. After she was done, I'd get about two sentences in before she started the next topic of discussion. After a while I decided I'd ignore her completely. This didn't stop her. Then she mentioned that she wanted me to help her with her DVR. I just told her it was the Program button she needed to press. That kept her occupied long enough for me to install Firefox.
When I was done with the uninstallations, I found that IE wasn't working right. I must have deleted one toolbar too many. If she clicked on a link in e-mail, it would open up a new Window of IE to her homepage. Not the page that the link intended. Just her homepage. Grr. I messed around for a while, but couldn't figure anything out.
I went back tonight. I started out with a Google search, but couldn't find much. That is a tough search. Most of them deal with links that just plain don't work. The closest I could get was links that open up blank pages. All of the solutions there dealt with reinstalling IE and/or somethingsomething the registry, or things that made even less sense to me.
I was trying to read through all this and make sense of it, when my mom got home. She came in and sat down to talk. Every time she started talking, I let go of the mouse and turned towards her. After she was done, I'd get about two sentences in before she started the next topic of discussion. After a while I decided I'd ignore her completely. This didn't stop her. Then she mentioned that she wanted me to help her with her DVR. I just told her it was the Program button she needed to press. That kept her occupied long enough for me to install Firefox.
