I’ve had quite a few emails and some messages left regarding how to remove this pop up over the last few days.
On five separate PCs, all I had to do was click the OK button on the first screen, then close the second screen, don’t just close the first screen with the Information Regarding Web Browsers title.
I would definitely advise trying the above first, however if this doesn’t work for you I have another solution, BUT I must state I offer no guarantee that this will work and that it won’t kill your PC.
In other words, if you do it and it messes up your PC/windows don’t come looking to me!
The solution is to go into your windows installation, usually c:/windows, then the system32 folder, C:\WINDOWS\system32, and look for a program called browserchoice.
Delete this program and you should not see anymore pop ups.
One thing to note with this method is you will need to remove this from windows update, otherwise it will be reinstalled it the next time you update windows.
Let me know if this works for you or if you have a better solution.
If you have got your windows update set to automatic you may find yourself with a window entitled Information Regarding Web Browsers appearing next time you log in.
The first thing to note is that this IS from Microsoft and not spam or a virus, I don’t think the Information Regarding Web Browsers window makes its self entirely clear where it has come from.
The window you are likely to see.
This has come about from the European Commission ruling that Microsoft has to give people choice of which browser they use.
I wont go into that, if you are interested a quick google search will tell you all you need.
I was a little bored last night so decided to browse the Apple app store on my iPhone and found Angry Birds as the top paid app.
It has a pretty good score so I decided to give it a go.
A few hours later it was wayyyy past my bed time but I wasn’t bored anymore.
Angry Birds has a very simple story, some pig like creatures have stolen the birds eggs and unsurprisingly they want them back.
Take a look at the video for the ‘full’ story.
Story aside, the game play is also pretty simple.
Using the touch screen, select the angle and power for your bird which is sat in a large catapult and release to fire.
The aim is to hit all the pigs to complete the level.
The said pigs are often in a variety of defenses made from structures like wood, stone, glass and rubber ducks.
To aid your endeavors you are provided with different types of bird with different abilities such as splitting into 3 mid air, speeding up or exploding.
These little touches make a simple game a lot of fun to play and add to the lifespan.
After every level you are given a score and rating out of 3 stars. This gives you something to do after completing all 100+ levels by trying to get the full star quota on the ones you missed.
The graphics are good in a cartoony way and the sounds fairly amusing though a little repetitive.
All in this is a great little game and my favorite on the iPhone for quite some time.
The best part is it’s only 59P (99¢) so my advise for all you iPhone users is to give it a go.
Social media, we all love it and it seems like it’s here to stay for now.
As it grows and we become more comfortable with it ,the more we share.
BUT how much do you share and is it too much?
A new site pleaserobme is showing how you could be sharing too much and offering to let people ‘please rob me’.
Using twitter and specifically foursquare you can share your exact location at anytime.
Are you at the shops, at a game, watching a movie, perhaps on holiday?
What this is telling people is that you are not at home!
Now personally I think it maybe quite a stretch for someone to find you on twitter, find your home address, live with in a thousand miles and want to rob you at the same time but you never know.
What it does show is how much we have assimilated social media and how much we are willing to share.
It would be a lot easier for a potential wrong doer to find your name, address, date of birth, email address and maybe your full CV and use those details to commit fraud, whether you are home or not and without ever going anywhere near your house.
Don’t be afraid to embrace social media and share, just think twice about what you are sharing.
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Angry Birds has a very simple story, some pig like creatures have stolen the birds eggs and unsurprisingly they want them back.