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@topdog wrote:Best solution. Uninstall Verizon toolbar. Do not use it! You don't need it. You will have no more problems with it!!
Seconded. The performance hit from Toolbars, Web Desktop/Toolbar combo programs, and desktop apps that start on system start-up for some silly convenience is not worth it. I keep my browsers as minimal as possible, except for add-ons that provide a lot of functionality for the web instead of shortcut buttons. When you can cold boot a computer that is a few years old and have the browser open within a second or two of seeing the desktop, it's well worth it. Anything that slows my machines down, unless they serve a very good purpose are often not wanted so I pretty much start with a stock install of Windows, pop in the needed software for all devices, and avoid anything that isn't needed. Having a machine that is a few years old cold boot Windows 7 64-bit within 10 seconds and be at the desktop is nice. My gaming desktop, if I ever shut the thing down or reboot it, runs Vista, and it starts up within 10 seconds with all startup programs (basically F@H) launched and running. Granted, that machine is on a Solid State Disk for Windows. My other machines are on regular mechanical disks for everything.
See my browsers (My version of Firefox is Beta, hence additional plug-ins. These are from my laptop. My desktop has games running on it right now in addition to F@H, in a party so I do not wish to crash my game out by Alt+Tabbling):
