Guest Jo-Anne Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Today a Microsoft tech support person tried to fix a problem I was having with IE7 on my WinXP SP3 notebook. He ended up having me disable just about everything in msconfig, and later he had me check the "normal" startup box there. Some of the system tray icons I had removed a month ago then returned. I've been able to get rid of everything but the Google search box. I unchecked Google Desktop in msconfig Startup, but it's still in the system tray. Is there a way I can remove it? Thank you! Jo-Anne
Guest Bill in Co. Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Re: removing Google search from system tray Jo-Anne wrote: > Today a Microsoft tech support person tried to fix a problem I was having > with IE7 on my WinXP SP3 notebook. He ended up having me disable just > about > everything in msconfig, and later he had me check the "normal" startup box > there. Some of the system tray icons I had removed a month ago then > returned. I've been able to get rid of everything but the Google search > box. > I unchecked Google Desktop in msconfig Startup, but it's still in the > system > tray. Is there a way I can remove it? > > Thank you! > > Jo-Anne Is "Google Desktop" seen in Control Panel, Add/Remove programs? (I don't have it so I don't know, but you might check there).
Guest Mick Murphy Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 RE: removing Google search from system tray Uninstall it from Control Panel>Add and Remove Programs. You will find it there. -- Mad Mike "Jo-Anne" wrote: > Today a Microsoft tech support person tried to fix a problem I was having > with IE7 on my WinXP SP3 notebook. He ended up having me disable just about > everything in msconfig, and later he had me check the "normal" startup box > there. Some of the system tray icons I had removed a month ago then > returned. I've been able to get rid of everything but the Google search box. > I unchecked Google Desktop in msconfig Startup, but it's still in the system > tray. Is there a way I can remove it? > > Thank you! > > Jo-Anne > > >
Guest Jo-Anne Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Re: removing Google search from system tray Thank you, Bill and Mick! It was indeed called "Google Desktop" in Add/Remove Programs, and removing it got rid of the junk in the system tray. Jo-Anne "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CB89C51C-C248-4297-A0D6-04E946479DE4@microsoft.com... > Uninstall it from Control Panel>Add and Remove Programs. > You will find it there. > -- > Mad Mike > > > "Jo-Anne" wrote: > >> Today a Microsoft tech support person tried to fix a problem I was having >> with IE7 on my WinXP SP3 notebook. He ended up having me disable just >> about >> everything in msconfig, and later he had me check the "normal" startup >> box >> there. Some of the system tray icons I had removed a month ago then >> returned. I've been able to get rid of everything but the Google search >> box. >> I unchecked Google Desktop in msconfig Startup, but it's still in the >> system >> tray. Is there a way I can remove it? >> >> Thank you! >> >> Jo-Anne >> >> >>
Guest Mick Murphy Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Re: removing Google search from system tray All's well, that ends well. Cheers. -- Mad Mike "Jo-Anne" wrote: > Thank you, Bill and Mick! It was indeed called "Google Desktop" in > Add/Remove Programs, and removing it got rid of the junk in the system tray. > > Jo-Anne > > "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CB89C51C-C248-4297-A0D6-04E946479DE4@microsoft.com... > > Uninstall it from Control Panel>Add and Remove Programs. > > You will find it there. > > -- > > Mad Mike > > > > > > "Jo-Anne" wrote: > > > >> Today a Microsoft tech support person tried to fix a problem I was having > >> with IE7 on my WinXP SP3 notebook. He ended up having me disable just > >> about > >> everything in msconfig, and later he had me check the "normal" startup > >> box > >> there. Some of the system tray icons I had removed a month ago then > >> returned. I've been able to get rid of everything but the Google search > >> box. > >> I unchecked Google Desktop in msconfig Startup, but it's still in the > >> system > >> tray. Is there a way I can remove it? > >> > >> Thank you! > >> > >> Jo-Anne > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Plato Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: removing Google search from system tray Jo-Anne wrote: > > Today a Microsoft tech support person tried to fix a problem I was having > with IE7 on my WinXP SP3 notebook. He ended up having me disable just about > everything in msconfig, and later he had me check the "normal" startup box > there. Some of the system tray icons I had removed a month ago then > returned. I've been able to get rid of everything but the Google search box. > I unchecked Google Desktop in msconfig Startup, but it's still in the system > tray. Is there a way I can remove it? Grin. Reminds me of when MS was partners with AOL. I dont believe MS will be partners with Google for too much longer. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Jo-Anne Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: removing Google search from system tray "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message news:48ec55a3$1$272$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com... > Jo-Anne wrote: >> >> Today a Microsoft tech support person tried to fix a problem I was having >> with IE7 on my WinXP SP3 notebook. He ended up having me disable just >> about >> everything in msconfig, and later he had me check the "normal" startup >> box >> there. Some of the system tray icons I had removed a month ago then >> returned. I've been able to get rid of everything but the Google search >> box. >> I unchecked Google Desktop in msconfig Startup, but it's still in the >> system >> tray. Is there a way I can remove it? > > Grin. Reminds me of when MS was partners with AOL. I dont believe MS > will be partners with Google for too much longer. > > -- > http://www.bootdisk.com/ > > I keep hoping that Yahoo partners will stop partnering too. I use WordPerfect, and you can't get rid of the Yahoo search bar within WP. You have to go through an uninstall procedure in Add/Remove Programs to do it. (It snuck by me during the installation of WP or I would have stopped it then.)
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