Why do you install stuff on my PC without asking m...

For a while now I've been woondering about an add-on to Firefox that appeared, PC Sync 2. It was greyed out, ineffectual, and not officially removeable.
It appears to have been installed without my permission by Nokia PC Suite.
I'm very particular what software I install on my PC, and software that goes beyond its remit gets a big black mark. If you think it's a good piece of software, ask me if I'd like to include it, please.
Rick

Totally agree. Who Nokia think they are?. It`s my computer, can you at least ask permission to install stuff?.
Maybe they should consider solving issues like the all day sync between Google Calendar and MfE instead of installing non compatible plug-ins without permission.The extension is not compatible with FF 3.5.5 but can not be removed without editing the Windows registry.
Bad developers, bad attitude and bad support is what Nokia are showing these days.

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In the latest Firefox 17 it was working as I wanted and described before: when I visited www.google.de/firefox of www.google.fr/firefox. Now those 3 options (under the search bar) are gone and I do not want to operate by clicking on the advanced search button. Those things should be visible under the search bar again.
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By the way, do Firefox and IE use the same proxy settings? You can view Firefox's here:
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I have found an incompatibility in the older revision JSON files that your bookmarks are stored in to the newer client. It could be that the new client simply can't see them as a result of this incompatibility.
Please check the following directory for JSON files dated older than the update in May just in case: C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[generated stuff].default\bookmarkbackups
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Folder & search options > View Tab > Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives.
If JSON files are located there, which are dated older than the update and you wish to restore them, please make a copy of this folder on your desktop, and uninstall the current revision of firefox (Temporarily). Reinstall an older revision, import the JSON file of your choosing, then export them as an HTML file, before finally upgrading back to the latest revision of Firefox. Once the latest revision of Firefox is installed again, import the HTML file, and this should restore your bookmarks.
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If no shadowcopies are available, you could be out of luck. You could try a system restore point dating to before the update, which should roll back Firefox to the older revision, and may restore your bookmarks too, but at this point hope is sparse.
I've experienced the same frustration myself just recently. I was able to fix the issue, and I hope the same applies in your situation o_o"

Can you identify respondents to a survey without asking for a name?

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Does any one out there know how to create a survey on forms central, send out the survey link, perhaps appending an additional identifier to the link which i am tracking against my own internal database and then use that as an identifying field in the view responses sections.
I really like the way the survey works in forms central and am about to get a paid subscription but i need to figure out how i can track/indentify responses without hassling people for names etc.
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Actually no,
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worked out okay for me which was cool.
B

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Is anything wrong with iTunes store? Nowadays it always asks to contact iTunes support before completing a transaction,,,which is very frustrating

They said, they would look into it. After two days the problem was solved. I started buying things from the stores without asking to contact the iTunes support. Three days after the problem started again. I contacted them again, they said they would look into it again and my account has been disabled now. I received mail from them yesterday and I was told that they are still working on it to find the exact problem with my account. Even to open another iTunes account now, one will still need to contact the iTunes support in order to complete the transaction. Many people has told me they are encountering the same problem.
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Has anyone been able to contact Adobe to learn why their Flash Player does not work on Mac OS 10.6.8, no matter how many updates you install? This seems like a big error by Adobe.

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majortilt wrote:
So there goes that plan into pieces... How to I fix that case? Buying an old ilife and try to intall it?
That will work. The latest version of iWeb does run on Lion (with a couple of quirks).
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Why did you remove The option to disable Java scripts?

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Why do you force us away from genius iweb? Where can I get iweb to my mbook pro with Lion? Upgrade and loose iweb?

Hi
I´m new here so I don´t know if theese questions are reacheing the Apples staff or only for the community useres..
But I put my frustration out here anyway.. :-) (and sry for my norwegian/eng)
I have like 12 differerent wen sites that I manage, very simple made, but working, thats why I like iweb cos it´s simple and it works.
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No iweb in the programs..
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I THINK YOU APPLE GUY´S NOW ARE FORCING US TO DO MOORE AND MOORE STUFF... AND I DON´T LIKE IT ONE BIT!
YOU ARE FORCING US TO LOOK OVER OUR SHOULDER AND BACK TO WERE PC IS AT THE MOMENT.. HAVE THEY IMPROVED SO I CAN GO BACK??
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Not taking care of it´s customers I think..
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Ok, that smy frustrations, have a nice day all!
Majortilt

majortilt wrote:
So there goes that plan into pieces... How to I fix that case? Buying an old ilife and try to intall it?
That will work. The latest version of iWeb does run on Lion (with a couple of quirks).
But be aware that iWeb is clearly a dead end; fixes/updates/improvements are highly unlikely, and it may quit working with new versions of OSX (possibly even future updates to Lion).
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I recently moved my iWeb site from MobileMe to GoDaddy, and it was relatively painless.
See https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/iweb for much more discussion.

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