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Q: I can’t seem to get rid of unwanted search toolbars on cox alone I have three toolbars opening up my Cox network and two on Facebook i Guess thats what you call then hope you can help me cause it causes my connection to jump around until all the search bars connect me to the same website

– Ray A.
Crestview, Florida

A: Your e-mail is a bit tough to understand without punctuation, Ray.  I’m also not quite sure what you mean by “I can’t seem to”, since you didn’t really say what you tried.

There are two ways to get rid of unwanted stuff in your browser:  uninstall the stuff via the Windows Control Panel, or disable it via the browser’s add-in manager.  The former is a common operation, so I’m not going to cover that.  For the latter, these instructions are applicable only to Internet Explorer.  Start by clicking the “Tools” menu, and select “Manage add-ons”.  In the dialog that comes up, take note of the selection on the left that chooses which type of add-on you’re managing.  Start by looking at the ones labeled “Toolbars and Extensions” and disable the ones you don’t want.  Then move on to the “Search Providers” and click “Remove” for each one you don’t want.

Q: Don’t know if you’re into Apple much, but here’s an unusual problem. Naturally I have to use iTunes on my PC (running Vista) to load CDs into my iPhone. For some albums, for no rhyme or reason, iTunes will break the album into “sub-albums” containing a random number of tracks. For example, track 2 may be all by itself, track 3, 7, 8, 12 may be another “subalbum”. These albums typically have multiple artists in various combinations even though one is the featured performer. Most albums are fine, including many with multiple performers. I can’t find a common thread. There’s no way to merge these subs together once copied. I’ve tried deleting all subs #one album had 9 subs# and trying again to no avail. Bottom line is if I want to play one of the affected albums in its entirety, I can’t do it – I have to go back and forth between subs and then the tracks are mixed #doesn’t work well for broadway shows#. Any advice?

– Bob B.
Niceville, Florida

A: I’m a huge fan of my iPhone and iPad, but I don’t really care for iTunes all that much.  I find it agonizingly unresponsive at times, and I find that there are many things that I want to do make it do that don’t have obvious activation mechanisms in the user interface, and I end up having to dredge up instructions online for things.