How do I get rid of this

dirtydog · 8 Jul 2006 at 09:33

After signing up for a dial-up ISP yesterday (don't ask!) it somehow installed this crap in Outlook Express for me. It appears as a new bottom pane, yet unlike the other panes it has no 'X' in the top right corner to get rid of it. I've had a quick look around the OE menus and options and can't see anything obvious.

Please tell me there is a way to get rid of this rubbish without reinstalling Windows!

dirtydog · 8 Jul 2006 at 09:56

Ah I've done it, I removed this in regedit...

BodyBarPath REG_SZ http://www.orange.co.uk/email/outlook/infobodypane.htm

\o/

Tesco · 8 Jul 2006 at 10:10

I hate it when companies install crap you dont want on your system...bloody cheek really! You then spend how ever long it takes trying to get rid of it...grrrr.

dirtydog · 8 Jul 2006 at 11:51

Yep it also changed my IE6 home page to orange.co.uk. It didn't feel the need to ask me if I wanted either of these things doing!

Elston · 8 Jul 2006 at 12:44

It used to annoy me when they used to change Internet Explorer so it would say "Internet Explorer provided by Freeserve" in the top bar.

dirtydog · 8 Jul 2006 at 12:49

Actually I noticed it had changed to 'Outlook Express provided by Orange'... even though they never provided it :rolleyes:

Regedit was the answer again

I wonder what else they've done

quadboi · 8 Jul 2006 at 12:53

Orange wallpaper

But yes its pretty bad... doesn't anyone complain?

NathanE · 8 Jul 2006 at 12:55

Vista will stop this type of crap happening without you authorising it, thank god.