We're having trouble getting the progrm Vongo off of our new laptop. I ran the "remove programs" protocol on Windows XP and it worked for my profile. With DH, we can't seem to get the fucker gone and every time he logs on, Vongo tries to install. When I do the remove program thingy, I get a fatal error message and it just sits there, mocking me.

What can I do to get rid of this stupid, useless program?

I think I figured it out. It seems to be a problem with the installshield update manager. I uninstalled that and hope it does the trick.

Does it (or something similar) show up under the Startup tab when you run msconfig?

One of my peeves with RealPlayer was that it kept re-installing "TkBellExe" (its self-launcher) whenever I played a .rm file. It was a real nuisance (pun not intended) when I was on dial-up, because it kept interrupting what I was doing and demanding access to the internet, even when I wasn't running RealPlayer.

eta: Ooops, looks like I was too late.

can someone tell me the difference between locking a tab in firefox and protecting a tab? I can't find the answer to this.

okay, so no one knows the answer? yikes. I'm done for.

Is that default Firefox functionality? I can't find either in my copy.

hmm. that's a good question. I wonder if I have this feature from one of my extensions.

no wonder I couldn't find documentation.

Hmm. I have both of those options, but I have no idea what they do.

a ha! it was for one of my extensions: tab mix plus. took me into the bowels of a forum to find out what the feature did. now I know.

Help help! The click wheel on my iPod has stopped working. I cannot scroll through menus or change the volume. It just started doing this on the ride home tonight.

ETA: FIXED! The reset trick worked. But still, alarming. I've never had any trouble with Candylike the iPod before.