FindFast, how to get RID of it?

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Robert A. Macy

Everytime I reboot this insidious program comes back.

ctrl+alt+del, End Task, and it's gone.

But isn't there some easy way to stomp this thing out?

Robert
 
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AlmostBob

go back to your MSOffice installation and remove it

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"Robert A. Macy" <macy@california.com> wrote in message
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> Everytime I reboot this insidious program comes back.
>
> ctrl+alt+del, End Task, and it's gone.
>
> But isn't there some easy way to stomp this thing out?
>
> Robert
 
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MEB

"Robert A. Macy" <macy@california.com> wrote in message
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| Everytime I reboot this insidious program comes back.
|
| ctrl+alt+del, End Task, and it's gone.
|
| But isn't there some easy way to stomp this thing out?
|
| Robert

Start > Control Panel > Find Fast >
Remove ALL present data files, then turn off data base creation for ALL
drives and folders. Next time you install Office or Word choose NOT to
install Find Fast using custom installation.

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Sunny

"Robert A. Macy" <macy@california.com> wrote in message
news:384bde3f-ac7f-41d7-ba5c-98852862051a@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
| Everytime I reboot this insidious program comes back.
|
| ctrl+alt+del, End Task, and it's gone.
|
| But isn't there some easy way to stomp this thing out?

The correct way to disable fastfind requires that you delete the find fast
index files :-
1. Start Menu, then click on Control Panel.
2. In control Panel window, double click Find Fast.
3. In the "Index for documents in and below" list, click the first item.
4. On the Index Menu, click Delete Index. In the Delete Index dialog
box, click OK.
When you are prompted whether to delete the index, click OK.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until no more indices are listed.
6. On the Index Menu. click Close and Stop. Then click OK to stop Find
Fast.
7. Then, do either of the following:
Remove Find Fast shortcut from the startup folder, or
Run the MS Office97 Setup program in maintenance mode, and remove
Find Fast.
 
R

Robert A. Macy

On Mar 3, 10:24 pm, "Sunny" <wombatho...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> "Robert A. Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in messagenews:384bde3f-ac7f-41d7-ba5c-98852862051a@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
> | Everytime I reboot this insidious program comes back.
> |
> | ctrl+alt+del, End Task, and it's gone.
> |
> | But isn't there some easy way to stomp this thing out?
>
> The correct way to disable fastfind requires that you delete the find fast
> index files  :-
> 1.   Start Menu, then click on Control Panel.
> 2.   In control Panel window, double click Find Fast.
> 3.   In the "Index for documents in and below" list, click the first item.
> 4.   On the Index Menu, click Delete Index.  In the Delete Index dialog
> box, click OK.
>       When you are prompted whether to delete the index, click OK.
> 5.   Repeat steps 3 and 4 until no more indices are listed.
> 6.   On the Index Menu. click Close and Stop.  Then click OK to stop Find
> Fast.
> 7.   Then,  do either of the following:
>       Remove Find Fast shortcut from the startup folder, or
>       Run the MS Office97 Setup program in maintenance mode, and remove
> Find Fast.

THANK YOU ALL very much for this help.

I went through this two years ago, cleaned out Findfast. but somehow
it came back on its own?! I didn't even reinstall Office, or do
anything with it. Go figure.

Thanks again for the 'step by step'

Robert
 
A

AlmostBob

may have been included in some office update, dunno havent chcked

--
-- -- -- -- --
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
_
"Robert A. Macy" <macy@california.com> wrote in message
news:789fd8e1-d6af-45ee-a8d6-9b018f36f9a7@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 3, 10:24 pm, "Sunny" <wombatho...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> "Robert A. Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in
messagenews:384bde3f-ac7f-41d7-ba5c-98852862051a@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.co
m...
> | Everytime I reboot this insidious program comes back.
> |
> | ctrl+alt+del, End Task, and it's gone.
> |
> | But isn't there some easy way to stomp this thing out?
>
> The correct way to disable fastfind requires that you delete the find fast
> index files :-
> 1. Start Menu, then click on Control Panel.
> 2. In control Panel window, double click Find Fast.
> 3. In the "Index for documents in and below" list, click the first item.
> 4. On the Index Menu, click Delete Index. In the Delete Index dialog
> box, click OK.
> When you are prompted whether to delete the index, click OK.
> 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until no more indices are listed.
> 6. On the Index Menu. click Close and Stop. Then click OK to stop Find
> Fast.
> 7. Then, do either of the following:
> Remove Find Fast shortcut from the startup folder, or
> Run the MS Office97 Setup program in maintenance mode, and remove
> Find Fast.

THANK YOU ALL very much for this help.

I went through this two years ago, cleaned out Findfast. but somehow
it came back on its own?! I didn't even reinstall Office, or do
anything with it. Go figure.

Thanks again for the 'step by step'

Robert
 
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