Re: Yahoo toolbar invitation

Date	2011-07-13 22:38 -0700
From	Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: Yahoo toolbar invitation
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On 7/13/2011 7:04 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 07/13/2011 01:28 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>> I run Java on three computers, and like to keep them all up to date, so
>> I frequently install a JRE update.
>>
>> Every time I do this, I get a totally irrelevant Yahoo toolbar
>> installation dialog, defaulted to installing it.
>>
>> I do not want the Yahoo toolbar. In the unlikely event that I changed my
>> mind and decided I did want it, I could look for it and download it as I
>> would any other Firefox extension.
>>
>> Does anyone know any way to avoid that annoying dialog while keeping the
>> JRE up to date?
>>
>> Patricia
>
> <http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/yahoo_toolbar.xml>
> I think that if you skip the auto update feature and manually
> update from the Oracle site you'll avoid the Yahoo toolbar.
> <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html>
>
> not sure :)
>

Thanks. I'll give it a try next update cycle.

Patricia

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Yahoo toolbar invitation Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-13 10:28 -0700
  Re: Yahoo toolbar invitation Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-13 22:04 -0400
    Re: Yahoo toolbar invitation Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-13 22:38 -0700

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