On Jan 28, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Michael McMurtrey wrote:
> i downloaded and installed a Yahoo! widget. It did not work as > advertised, so I uninstalled it following Yahoo!'s own instructions. Problem #1: you installed some crap from Yahoo. Betcha won't do THAT again ! :-) They have THE most annoying shite that burrows, parasite-like onto systems, mostly PC but also, as you've found, the Mac as well. I've seen poor unfortunate PC victims fire up IE to have half the window taken up with toolbars... > > Now, however, every time I start my computer a Yahoo! Konfabulator > license announcement appears. Look in your startup items in the Accounts preference pane in System Prefs. Note, unchecking something there only affects the visibility, not whether it's there or not,. select it and click the small - sign under the list. Next look in /Library/Startup Items, it should be obvious there. There are a few other places to hide stuff in startup mode but those two should cover it. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
