Toolbar disappeared

My toolbar suddenly disappeared and can't download another one?

[ann]

I had a new Google toolbar helper plugin showing in my BHO cop but no sign of a toolbar, even when I turned it off (the helper plugin)?
Went to Google and tried to download a new one and no response when I clicked download...

Any body got a clue?

I ran my virus checker and have looked for odd files but the plug in was all I could find....

Ann

[ann]

I did manage to re download it on another try but it is the older version with no mention of the google compute in the former options...

Is Google doing something to the toolbar, and if so, what?

Ann

[ann]

Well,

I email google toolbar support and it seems the google toolbar helper is a plug in that is supposed to stablize the toolbar...

When the "upgrade" finally got installed on my computer it made my browser so unstable it kept showing an error and had to close....

I have uninstalled the tb and will report back about the browser stabilitiy issue...for anyone who may be interested....

I hope this solves it.

Ann

[perfecttommy]

I found this article on Microsoft. It recommends using a BHO to display newly installed band objects (aka toolbars):

[support.microsoft.com...]

Maybe this has anything to do with the changes?

BTW, I have 1.1.66 installed (I went to their site and installed over whatever version I had before so I could get the News button). It seems to working fine for me. (Win2k, IE 6.0.2800.1106

[ann]

I've used BHO cop for a couple of years and all it does is show what is plugged in, the local address on the computer and gives you the opportunity to uncheck it to stop it from running.

My IE6+ would not settle down and it kept messing up so much I finally had to uninstall the new google bar. After that it works like a charm, no more problems....I think they tweaked it once too often!

Besides, I hate the sound of toobar helper, sounds too much like the other advertising scumware on the web and with the advent of catalogs and froogle it may very well be a future adserver.

Ann

[ann]

Well, Google bar is gone again and my computer is completely screwed up...spent all morning backing up essential programs and files....I can't even get restore to work and there seems to be a problem with the boot record and partition...going to try a whole new install and I WILL NEVER DOWNLOAD THE TOOLBAR AGAIN!

Thanks, but no thanks!

Whatever got me also screwed up Norton anti virus...the diffinitions will not even initialize. Boot disks don't help and restore refuses to restore anything!

It goes through the motions but tells me nothing is changed but I see plenty of changes! Oh well, Something came in with the update of google bar, or at the same time it was updating as that was the first time googlebar disappeared.

I will not ever download something from the web again...if I can't buy it on a disk Then I don't want it.

Wish me luck guys......

Ann