Genealogy Chat

RECENTLY I ASKED FOR ADVICE TO GET RID OF THOSE ANNOYING POP UP ADVERTS THAT APPEAR WITH GREAT REGULARITY, AND ARE A PAIN IN THE ..... I PROMISED THAT I WOULD WRITE AGAIN WITH MY SOLUTION - IF IT WORKED......WELL, IT HAS! THIS IS WHAT I DID TO RID MYSELF OF THE POP UP ADVERTS...... FIRST OF ALL, THESE POP UPS ARE PARASITES WHICH GET INTO YOUR PC, AND TAKE OVER, SO YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM. START BY SAVING ALL YOUR RECORDS...... THEN, RE-START YOUR PC USING YOUR INSTALLATION CD'S. INSTAL ALL YOUR PROGRAMMES, BUT NOT YOUR ISP. THEN, CLICK ONTO YOUR 'START' THEN 'ALL PROGRAMMES' - 'ACCESSORIES' - SYSTEM TOOLS' - THEN 'SYSTEM RESTORE' THEN CREATE A 'RESTORE POINT'....THIS IS SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND RESTORE YOUR PC TO A POINT WHEN IT WAS RUNNING OK. NOW INSTAL YOUR IPS CD DISC TO RE-CREATE YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION. THEN, INSTAL GOOGLE TASKBAR - THIS WILL STOP ANY POP UPS FROM NOW ON. THIS WAY, YOU WILL HAVE EFFECTIVELY GOT RID OF ANY 'HIDDEN' POP UPS IN YOUR PC PRIOR TO RE-INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM, AND GOODGLE TASKBAR WILL STOP ANY FUTURE INTERFERENCE. lASTLY, I ACTIVATED MY 'FIREWALL' AND ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. SO FAR, THIS HAS WORKED FOR ME.......HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU TOO. DAVID.....HAPPY AST LAST!