Yahoo Mail, set as default email

[Guest]

To add Yahoo Mail to your default programs list so you can select it as your
default mail:
1. Internet search for Yahoo Messenger,
2. Install Yahoo Messenger 8.1,
3. Go to IE Tools/Options/Programs,
4. Yahoo Mail will now be a choice which you can set for your mail,
5. You can then, if you wish, uninstall Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo Toolbar,
6. Now when you "Send Link by Email" your Yahoo Mail will open by default.

 

[Mick Murphy]

Yahoo has never FORCED you to install their Toolbar along with Yahoo Messenger!
All you had to do was a CUSTOM install, to avoid ALL the crap!

 

[Charlie Tame]

Yahoo has never FORCED you to install their Toolbar along with Yahoo Messenger!
All you had to do was a CUSTOM install, to avoid ALL the crap!

That involves some thought and watching what you are doing, time was you
had to uncheck the damned box TWICE.

 

[Mick Murphy]

I have been using it since it came out, Charlie.
I see your point, but.
Most people though, just go: click, click, click.

How many people would you an I know that read what it says twice before
clicking!
Have a good day/night!

 

[John D. Sheridan]

It seems like EVERY freakin' piece of software I install these days wants to
foist either Yahoo's or Google's crappy stuff on me. IrfanView even wants
to create links to e-freakin'-Bay.

It also seems to me if they were that great, they wouldn't have to try to
trick people into installing them, people would seek them out. I realize
it's called "subsidizing", but it's still annoying.

I'm finished ranting now.

John

 

[Alias]

It seems like EVERY freakin' piece of software I install these days wants to
foist either Yahoo's or Google's crappy stuff on me. IrfanView even wants
to create links to e-freakin'-Bay.

It also seems to me if they were that great, they wouldn't have to try to
trick people into installing them, people would seek them out. I realize
it's called "subsidizing", but it's still annoying.

I'm finished ranting now.

John

That doesn't happen with Ubuntu. Check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com/
It's free and comes with access to over 24,000 free programs. They will
even pay the postage to send you the CD.

Alias

 

[John D. Sheridan]

That doesn't happen with Ubuntu. Check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com/
It's free and comes with access to over 24,000 free programs. They will
even pay the postage to send you the CD.

Alias

You really don't want to go there with me, but since you did.....

I am fully aware of Ubuntu and other Linux distros. If I wanted to use one
of them, I wouldn't need the reccommendation of a usenet troll.

I have nothing against Linux, maybe one day it will be "ready for
primetime". I actually think it's a good thing to scare Microsoft every now
and then. The actual Linux proponents, however, should get a real life and
stop trying to foist it on everyone. If they want to use it, great, knock
themselves out. I respect their choice, but I ask that they respect mine,
but they usually don't. They seem to hang out wherever there are Windows
users, seeming much like cult members trying to get new recruits for the
cult, handing out free Kool-Aid. I would never even try to claim any
version of Windows is perfect, but I do believe that it is improving. There
are things about Vista that I actually like better than XP, and XP was an
improvement over 2000. I go all the way back to Windows 3.1/DOS 3.3.

It's the same thing as with Yahoo and Google's stuff...it's free, but if you
can't get people to use it even though it's free, you really need to think
about why that is. Even some of the more lucid members of the Linux
community have acknowledged problems that don't seem to have solutions;
problems that are holding back widescale adoption.

And yes, I've tried several distros of Linux, and with 20-some-odd years PC
experience, IMHO, it still doesn't match up to Windows as a desktop system.
On the server-side, it simply replaces Unix, not Windows. OEM pre-installed
distros that already have the required drivers for the particular system are
a vast improvement, but the available "productivity" software just isn't up
to par with what is available for Windows. It becomes worse when applied to
corporate desktop environments. Having to download a half dozen patches and
add-ins just to get an OpenSource program to begin to approach the
capabilites of a pre-packaged proprietary program just isn't practical on a
large scale. Again, IMHO, you get what you pay for.

YMMV, HAND.

John

 

[Nonny]

You really don't want to go there with me, but since you did.....

I am fully aware of Ubuntu and other Linux distros. If I wanted to use one
of them, I wouldn't need the reccommendation of a usenet troll.

Aha. You recognize "Alias" as being a troll.

Then you probably will recognize this: Please don't feed the trolls.

 

[John D. Sheridan]

Aha. You recognize "Alias" as being a troll.

It would be a recognizable fact from any distance, as the particular species
is unable to conceal it's identity.

Then you probably will recognize this: Please don't feed the trolls.

On the contrary, you give them a nibble and make them hungry for more, then
you ignore them and watch them self-destruct.

It's more amusing that way.

John

 

[Charlie Tame]

You really don't want to go there with me, but since you did.....

I am fully aware of Ubuntu and other Linux distros. If I wanted to use one
of them, I wouldn't need the reccommendation of a usenet troll.

I have nothing against Linux, maybe one day it will be "ready for
primetime". I actually think it's a good thing to scare Microsoft every now
and then. The actual Linux proponents, however, should get a real life and
stop trying to foist it on everyone. If they want to use it, great, knock
themselves out. I respect their choice, but I ask that they respect mine,
but they usually don't. They seem to hang out wherever there are Windows
users, seeming much like cult members trying to get new recruits for the
cult, handing out free Kool-Aid. I would never even try to claim any
version of Windows is perfect, but I do believe that it is improving. There
are things about Vista that I actually like better than XP, and XP was an
improvement over 2000. I go all the way back to Windows 3.1/DOS 3.3.

It's the same thing as with Yahoo and Google's stuff...it's free, but if you
can't get people to use it even though it's free, you really need to think
about why that is. Even some of the more lucid members of the Linux
community have acknowledged problems that don't seem to have solutions;
problems that are holding back widescale adoption.

And yes, I've tried several distros of Linux, and with 20-some-odd years PC
experience, IMHO, it still doesn't match up to Windows as a desktop system.
On the server-side, it simply replaces Unix, not Windows. OEM pre-installed
distros that already have the required drivers for the particular system are
a vast improvement, but the available "productivity" software just isn't up
to par with what is available for Windows. It becomes worse when applied to
corporate desktop environments. Having to download a half dozen patches and
add-ins just to get an OpenSource program to begin to approach the
capabilites of a pre-packaged proprietary program just isn't practical on a
large scale. Again, IMHO, you get what you pay for.

YMMV, HAND.

John

Well at least you know how to post properly

Seriously though I think you underestimate the threat that Linux is
becoming to Microsoft. The desktop versions are getting increasingly
usable, and whenever I put Debian or Ubuntu in front of someone who has
never used Linux before at work they do just fine with it. At work we
don't need people to have animated desktops and fancy graphics, but we
do need terminal services and word processing, spreadsheets and email.
The users don't break it so often, it doesn't break itself so often and
malware can't easily get a foothold.

A agree about Google / Yahoo / Ebay etc, I find (at work) numerous junk
things installed over time that nobody actually uses or even remembers
installing. When MS have to patch a security hole that renders this
add-on unusable or troublesome it takes out the machine until the crap
can be removed.

My experience is limited, but when cleaning up a slow dysfunctional
machine the order is...

Norton / McAfee / toolbars / auto updaters.

90% of the time the machine is restored to good speed and reliability.