July 5, 2011

How to Remove avast! WebRep

While I was in Chrome over the weekend, I noticed avast! also install the WebRep add-on in this browser as well. Further, in Firefox I could only disabled the add-on, not remove. A quick Google search turned up this post in the avast! forums. To remove the Web Rep, right-click on the avast! icon in the taskbar and select Open avast! User Interface then click on the Additional Protection tab. From there select WebRep and click Uninstall next to the browsers you want to remove the plugin from within. You will need to restart the browser(s) for the plugin to…

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Unable to Add Search Engines

If you find yourself not being able to add a search engine into the search bar chance are you may have a damaged search.sqlite file. In which case this ca be resolved by: Locate your Profile Folder Close Firefox From within your Profile Folder remove or rename the file search.sqlite Restart Firefox and attempt to add the new search engine again If you are still unable to add the search engine refer to this mozillaZine KB article for additional troubleshooting steps.

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Remove Vertical Reply Lines

By default every time you reply to a message, Thunderbird adds a colored line down the sides to ‘frame’ each particular reply.  This can get rather distracting after awhile. Plus it makes the overall length of the email a lot longer as the message content area gets narrower with each reply. To eliminate this, add these lines of code into your userContent.css file [directions] located within the chrome folder inside your profile folder: /*Remove reply lines*/ blockquote[type=cite] { padding-left: 0 ! important; border-left: none ! important; border-right: none ! important; }

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