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Hi, Peg.
>I must be saying the wrong thing.
Yes, that was confusing in your first message when you referred to the
Taskbar. That is typically a blue bar along the bottom edge of the screen,
between the Start button on the left and the clock on the right end. Your
second message makes it clear that you are talking about the Menu Bar in
Internet Explorer.
It's tempting to try to delete those items from the Tools menu, but that's
not how it works. Your nephew has (intentionally or not) invited malware
onto your computer. This is sneaky stuff that bends and breaks the rules,
making it very difficult to get it off the computer once it gets on. :>(
Follow the advice given so often here and elsewhere: Run some good
spyware/malware detection/cleaning programs, such as Ad-aware and Spybot
Search & Destroy, which are recommended here several times a day and in all
the leading computer magazines. Get the bad stuff off and practice "safe
hex" after that to be sure that it doesn't come back - but run Ad-aware and
Spybot regularly (weekly is NOT too often) to make sure it hasn't sneaked
in. Especially if your nephew uses your computer again.
Nobody but me uses my computer, so I've not studied how to keep unauthorized
users from doing bad things to it. But it sounds like you need to learn how
to do that. Many users here can help you.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"peg" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I must be saying the wrong thing. when I open the internet
> exployer, along the top is the
> file..edit..view..favorites..tools and help menus. when i
> drop down the tools menu, the palette there is where the
> net2phone and internet sexployer ended up. There is the
> syncronize, update, internet options, etc. This is the
> place I need to try to get rid of those two names or
> items. I checked in the control panel and they are not
> listed as programs. I've tried right click and
> customize...no luck.
> thanks for listening and trying to help.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>My nephew used my computer one night and now i have in my
>>taskbar's drop down menu under tools two items: one says
>>net2phone the other is internet sexployer. How in the
>>world can i get them off my system?
>>Help please...
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