I'm not sure what you mean but I'm guessing the Yahoo Toolbar that Yahoo tries to push on folks downloading YM? I DO NOT install any add-ons that come with software downloads. If I wanted those programs, I'd download them myself. I understand that companies bundle some software like Toolbars as a way of paying for providing the free software but I DO NOT like how they have it pre- checked off and usually in smaller print so folks might unknowingly download and install the bundled stuff.
FileHippo DOES NOT add on anything themselves. That Yahoo Toolbar was added into the YM software as part of a package. I've been seeing the Bing! Toolbar (from MS) being pushed as a toolbar with other software downloads. Once you download and install YM from the full downloaded program from FileHippo, then the first thing you should do BEFORE using it, is go into the Preferences section and set up your preferences, especially for things like Archived messages. Someone recently reported that the default setting for 9.0x was set to delete archives each time you close YM. I do not recall if that was a default or not when I installed 9.0x on my Vista computer, a month or so ago. I choose to keep my archives permanently but there are options to only keep the last six months or none of them. ALSO, I think YM still has it set up as a default to start up every time you start your computer so you should also change those settings in the Preferences section. Most IM programs and media players like to have themselves starting up every time you turn on your computer but that is simply unnecessary bloat being added to your start up process and makes your computer start up much slower and then run slower if you have all of these programs running in the background that you might not even use. Even if they are not listed in startup processes, these programs are still easily accessible when needed. Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of malibu.angel Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] lenny? I have my pc back, been working on an apple, made a note to d/l y!messenger from filehippo so I didn't get a bunch of junk I didn't need, but would like your advice on waht to keep and what not to keep. Thanks. ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unsubscribe from Yahoo_Messenger mailto:[email protected] Switch from Normal to Digest mail mailto:[email protected] Switch from Normal to NoMail mail mailto:[email protected] Switch from Digest or NoMail to Normal mail mailto:[email protected] Write to the Moderators and Owner of the List: mailto:[email protected] Suggestions for improvements to the List should be sent to the "owner" address listed above.Yahoo! Groups Links
