Stumble Upon toolbar problems

*I wrote this post back in October of 2007, since then the resolution to this problem does not work anymore. I recently had this problem again and the only way I was able to fix it was to not only uninstall the toolbar, but I also had to uninstall firefox and reinstall it, then add the toolbar.

Ever since the last update from StumbleUpon, every so often the tool bar disappears for no reason. If this is happening to you, uninstall the plug-in and then reinstall it. It will bring the bar back, and you do not have to set everything up again since your login information does not get deleted by uninstalling the bar.

HELP! I can’t get into a website anymore!

Do you have a vender website at work that you have been using for years, and then all of a sudden last week you are left scratching your head as to why you cannot access it anymore?

Most websites involving companies that your business may be purchasing from have a default web page that you type your username and password into. After that a window pops up with all the information you need to make purchases and direct business.

Think back to last week (or insert your time period here). Did this problem start happening after you installed a fancy new toolbar from Google, or maybe Yahoo?

Both of these add ons for Internet Explorer and Firefox come with pop up blockers that are by default set to on. Remember that if you have the native IE or FireFox pop up blockers set to off, that little pop up window that use to come up on that familiar site is still going to get blocked by Yahoo or Google if you do not add that address to the safe list, or if you do not turn the block features off for that toolbar.

I have had many calls from people about this problem, and 95% of the time, Yahoo or Google tool bar is the culprit.