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French Cricket
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Pepsi, beware big time if you download Photoscape. I did, yesterday, and clicked NO to the Babylon toolbar.
During the installation my browser (Chrome) closed, then when it reopened bloody Babylon was everywhere - default search engine, browser home page and goodness knows where else.  Removing anything Babylon in add/remove programs did no good at all, and it took me some serious research (it's a common gripe, apparently) to find out how to remove all traces of it. So tread carefully!
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lorca
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| pepsipuss wrote: | | lorca wrote: | I use PhotoScape which is a free photoshoppy thing (only available for smug non-mac users...  ) - which is incredibly easy to use for technoidiots like me, an also has an instant screenshot facility. |
I have visited photoscape and started the download process but it seems to want me to download the Babylon toolbar - did you do that Lorca? |
I didn´t have anything like that - they give you 3 options to download with - which did you use?
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| French Cricket wrote: | Pepsi, beware big time if you download Photoscape. I did, yesterday, and clicked NO to the Babylon toolbar.
During the installation my browser (Chrome) closed, then when it reopened bloody Babylon was everywhere - default search engine, browser home page and goodness knows where else. Removing anything Babylon in add/remove programs did no good at all, and it took me some serious research (it's a common gripe, apparently) to find out how to remove all traces of it. So tread carefully! |
Oh crikey!! Good job I got out of it before that happened - I had a feeling it was trouble.
Lorca: not sure what I did regarding options. Might go in again treading carefully! I use google chrome as a browser so maybe I would have the same problem as FC. What is your browser?
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pepsipuss
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| French Cricket wrote: | Pepsi, I think you might be able to get round it if you select a custom install rather than the 'recommended' one, because then you have to choose manually what bits you want to install.
I do have to say though that Photoscape looks like a useful bit of kit, so thanks for the heads up, lorca! |
Thank you, FC. I think I need to wait till my guru returns from hols..!! I am of course a well known technoprat
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lorca
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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I´ve downloaded PS about 18 months ago - v straightforward and no Babylon. But this sounds awful - I´m really sorry guys I´m trying to find out more.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| lorca wrote: | | I´ve downloaded PS about 18 months ago - v straightforward and no Babylon. But this sounds awful - I´m really sorry guys I´m trying to find out more. |
No apology necessary Lorca. As FC says it looks like a really useful bit of kit and I am glad to know about it. I am sure we can sort out a Babylon-free version 
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OOOPS!!! It has happened to me, FC. Babylon everywhere totally uninvited. Where did you go to get rid of it? 
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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What a bu88er , pepsi. This is what I did:
Go to control panel, add/remove programs, and remove anything to do with Babylon.
From the chrome browser, click on the wrench in the top right hand corner, then Settings. You need to change a few things here:
1. under 'on start up', you'll find that the 'open a specific page' button is checked to open babylon; click the 'set pages' link and put it back to how you like it.
2. Under 'Search', Babylon has been set as default. Click 'manage search engines, hover over Babylon until you see the x, then click the x to remove it altogether. Then re-set Google or whatever you use as default.
3. Under 'Appearance', Babylon has set itself as your 'home' page. Click 'change' and change it back to your previous home page.
I think that was all.
Good luck!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:39 am Post subject: |
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Hi FC
Thank you - seems to have fixed it.
I would have thought that it broke some sort of rules /internet protocol to invade someone's computer like this?
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:00 pm Post subject: Babylon Support |
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The Cafe User, Hey,
Babylon Offers a full service for all its products and features valid from the Babylon Store and on the world wide web
You can gain a full support and assistance on how to remove Babylon from your computer by the following ways :
Phone-18668086361 (US)
Email: Support@babylon.com
Website for Chat and Q& A : http://support.babylon.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/213/0/remove-toolbar-and-search-the-web-babylon
Babylon holds more than 150 Million Clients worldwide, with reputation for 15 Years, Babylon has no intention to destroy that reputation and therefor offers help and assistance for anyone who seeks for ,
in order to make sure the Software will work or be removed if the client requires it ,feel free to contact us
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for that response Babylon but I would have preferred not to have Babylon invade my space UNINVITED in the first place as I am pretty sure that this not good practice in your industry.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Back on FB land -
As I keep asking - What is it for?
Why do you want to be liked by complete strangers? Or even dozens of other LMHatters?
What does it achieve?
I have two FB pages, one for each property and as Prince Phillip used to comment about the Duchess of York - Pointless!
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:15 am Post subject: |
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| Essar wrote: | Back on FB land -
As I keep asking - What is it for?
Why do you want to be liked by complete strangers? Or even dozens of other LMHatters?
What does it achieve?
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Being liked by LMH'ters was a way of increasing the number of likes and the potential audience of the page.
Being liked by complete strangers - a possibility of them booking with you at some stage as they get updates on your place.
The most important to me is being liked by future and past guests as it is a reminder that you are there and can lead to repeat bookings. You also get feedback from previous guests on your page which can lead to new bookings. I'm not saying it is the most effective method of advertising, but it isn't time consuming, doesn't do any harm at all and can lead to bookings so for me it is worth it.
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