computer advice needed

[Sasquatch Jim]

Can anyone tell me how to un enroll from chrome?
I am getting tired of the incessant intrusions.  Today it offered an upgrade and when I refused, my screen moved to the left about an inch so that I could not use the red kill button at the upper left.  It would not let me move the screen back to its' original position.  I went off wifi and cleaned the memory but when I came back on line the screen was still over to the left an inch.  I went off the net several times and did a force quit of chrome.  I came back on line with safari and thought it was cured.  If I tried to click on an address like some of you post, It would go there but it would default to chrome and the screen would be back an inch to the left.  I have been refusing their upgrades for many months.
 I believe this is their way of punishing me for doing so.  I can manually copy an address one letter at a time and go there
and stay in safari but I have to be watchful as google tries to default to chrome any chance it gets.
 I need a way to uninstall chrome permanently.
 Any advice?

[fotoguzzi]

find it (chrome) in your Applications folder on the hard drive, drag it to trash then empty trash.

[Wayne Orwig]

Get an Apple PC. I've repeatedly been told that they are perfect.

What is the Safari you speak of?

Oh....wait.....

[fotoguzzi]

What is the Safari you speak of?

Oh....wait.....

[Moto]

Fotoguzzi's advice to trash it should work.

You might also succeed by just starting Safari, opening the Preferences item under the Safari menu, and then setting Safari as your default browser.

If that fails, by all means get a Mac!

[Sasquatch Jim]

Fotoguzzi's advice to trash it should work.

You might also succeed by just starting Safari, opening the Preferences item under the Safari menu, and then setting Safari as your default browser.

If that fails, by all means get a Mac!

This is happening on a Mac.  I have owned 5 Macs now, they are not invulnerable.

I look in preferences,  I do not see a way to reset which is my default browser.  I looked at all the preferences pages.

[Kentktk]

Get an Apple PC. I've repeatedly been told that they are perfect.

What is the Safari you speak of?

Oh....wait.....

That is correct!  BTW PC refers to anything using the devils ( sometimes referred to as Microsoft ) operating system. An Apple is not a PC.

[Kentktk]

This is happening on a Mac.  I have owned 4 Macs now, they are not invulnerable.

I look in preferences,  I do not see a way to reset which is my default browser.  I looked at all the preferences pages.

Look in Chrome preferences to choose your browser

[oldbike54]

 Jim , this must be some issue with Apple computers , I've been running Chrome on all of my old computers with zero problems , all running MS operating systems .

 Dusty

[Moto]

This is happening on a Mac.  I have owned 5 Macs now, they are not invulnerable.

I look in preferences,  I do not see a way to reset which is my default browser.  I looked at all the preferences pages.

Sorry. I was trying to jest. I figured it was a Mac.

There is a System Preferences item under the Apple menu (with the picture of an apple). That's NOT the one you need.

The Preferences pane you need is Under the Safari menu in Safari. The very first item in that menu lets you set the browser preference.

It should also be possible to set the browser preference using the Preferences item under the Chrome menu, in Chrome. But this doesn't seem to work with my version of Chrome (v. 56). So I'd recommend doing it within Safari, as in the last paragraph.

Good luck.

BTW, I'm using Chrome right now, with no particular problems. But Safari also is good.

[rodekyll]

I agree with the guys saying to get a mac.  Nothing ever goes wrong with macs.  Someone said that in this very forum once, 16 thousand times.  So it must be true.

[ITSec]

That is correct!  BTW PC refers to anything using the devils ( sometimes referred to as Microsoft ) operating system. An Apple is not a PC.

Sorry, on this you are wrong.

PC stands for "personal computer". It was also used as a trade name by IBM and is commonly used to describe personal computers that used first CP/M and later DOS, OS/2 and Windows operating systems, and for a while was used to distinguish (incorrectly) Intel-based systems from those using non-Intel architecture chips. The term was used to separate these machines from small multi-user systems such as the PDP 11 series, -, Tandem, Xerox's Star series, and so on.

However, since everything old is new again, both Apple and non-Apple systems are now running Intel architecture CPUs. You can run Linux and Windows on a machine with the Cupertino logo, and you can run Linux and OS X on a machine from Dell, HP, or Lenovo (courtesy of Hackintosh, a tool to make the Apple OS 'see' the hardware as valid).

Macs (and both their ancestors and descendants) are PCs. ThinkPads are PCs, and so are Dells, HPs, Acers, and the machine you build for yourself using an MSI board and parts from Tiger Direct. So are all other general purpose small systems designed for use primarily by a single person at a time.

And yes, the famous Cray supercomputers have often, correctly, been called PCs. They're just the biggest, most expensive, dedicated single user computers ever built. 

[Aaron D.]

Firefox? It should prompt you about default browsers when you are done.

[donn]

Look in Chrome preferences to choose your browser

Or you can also find a <Default web browser> option at the top of Safari's first Preference menu.  It may seem weird to tell Safari to set itself as the default for other applications that invoke a browser, and I'm sure not going to experiment with it myself, but I bet a quarter it works.

I do use Chrome occasionally, mostly for Google Map which is broken enough on their own browser.

[uncle]

This is happening on a Mac.  I have owned 5 Macs now, they are not invulnerable.

I look in preferences,  I do not see a way to reset which is my default browser.  I looked at all the preferences pages.

Go to 'System Preferences' -  then select 'General' -  about half way down it the 'Default web browser' select Safari....

[redrider90]

Fotoguzzi's advice to trash it should work.

You might also succeed by just starting Safari, opening the Preferences item under the Safari menu, and then setting Safari as your default browser.

If that fails, by all means get a Mac!

If he has Safari he has a Mac.
It is also good to remove bookmarks and history as described in this link.
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95319?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

[Kentktk]

Sorry, on this you are wrong.

PC stands for "personal computer". It was also used as a trade name by IBM and is commonly used to describe personal computers that used first CP/M and later DOS, OS/2 and Windows operating systems, and for a while was used to distinguish (incorrectly) Intel-based systems from those using non-Intel architecture chips. The term was used to separate these machines from small multi-user systems such as the PDP 11 series, -, Tandem, Xerox's Star series, and so on.

However, since everything old is new again, both Apple and non-Apple systems are now running Intel architecture CPUs. You can run Linux and Windows on a machine with the Cupertino logo, and you can run Linux and OS X on a machine from Dell, HP, or Lenovo (courtesy of Hackintosh, a tool to make the Apple OS 'see' the hardware as valid).

Macs (and both their ancestors and descendants) are PCs. ThinkPads are PCs, and so are Dells, HPs, Acers, and the machine you build for yourself using an MSI board and parts from Tiger Direct. So are all other general purpose small systems designed for use primarily by a single person at a time.

And yes, the famous Cray supercomputers have often, correctly, been called PCs. They're just the biggest, most expensive, dedicated single user computers ever built. 

Sorry you are wrong,

In the real world when asked what style computer you use the question is, do you use PC or Mac to distinguish your choice of system. You never hear someone say I use an Apple PC. Who would ever want to intimate that their Apple has anything to do with Microsofts PC devils work.

[ITSec]

Sorry you are wrong,

In the real world when asked what style computer you use the question is, do you use PC or Mac to distinguish your choice of system. You never hear someone say I use an Apple PC. Who would ever want to intimate that their Apple has anything to do with Microsofts PC devils work.

Merriam-Webster - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20computer

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer

PC Magazine online - http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/49133/personal-computer

The question isn't better or worse, or whether people want to slam a particular product - the term personal computer has been used to describe small devices designed for a single user since at least the mid-1970s, and possibly earlier. It has nothing to do with operating systems, designers or manufacturer. People say 'I took a Tylenol' or 'Hand me a Kleenex', but they might be given acetaminophen or a Scott's tissue; they don't turn them down just because they used the name differently. I have heard people call Apple II, III and Mac computers PCs (though no one ever called a Lisa that, interestingly).

I've worked professionally in the real world of the PC - of all flavors - since the days of the IMSAI 8080. I have owned or had at my job all of these except the earlier mentioned Cray. They are all PCs. Not all Harleys are cruisers and not all cruisers are Harleys, but when one person says 'Harley' to another, they both think they understand what is meant (even if they're wrong).

[screamday]

Jim, what you need is a loin cloth, a sharp bowie knife, a nice bonfire and a live chicken.....

[Chuck in Indiana]

Sorry you are wrong,

In the real world when asked what style computer you use the question is, do you use PC or Mac to distinguish your choice of system. You never hear someone say I use an Apple PC. Who would ever want to intimate that their Apple has anything to do with Microsofts PC devils work.

Ahem...

However, since everything old is new again, both Apple and non-Apple systems are now running Intel architecture CPUs.

As far as I'm concerned, there's not a nickle's difference between them. Apple *does* want a lot of nickles for theirs, though. 

[Sasquatch Jim]

Jim, what you need is a loin cloth, a sharp bowie knife, a nice bonfire and a live chicken.....

 I lived that way for about 5 years up in the Idaho panhandle about 30 miles south of Canada, but I preferred a tanto for a knife.

[Kentktk]

Ahem...
As far as I'm concerned, there's not a nickle's difference between them. Apple *does* want a lot of nickles for theirs, though. 

Consumer Reports survey concludes PC repair rate is at least 50% to double the repair rate for Apples Macs.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016J9C3TG/ref=pd_va_prv_0

[Tom]

I lived that way for about 5 years up in the Idaho panhandle about 30 miles south of Canada, but I preferred a tanto for a knife.

Having explosives help too.   

[rodekyll]

Consumer Reports survey concludes PC repair rate is at least 50% to double the repair rate for Apples Macs.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016J9C3TG/ref=pd_va_prv_0

Just like bikes that are ridden take more attention than trailer queens.

C'mon, Tony.  Don't feed the fruit fly.

[Kentktk]

Just like bikes that are ridden take more attention than trailer queens.

Really, I had no idea. I guess bitter old men learn things with all those years that pass and make them old and bitter.

[rodekyll]

Yes, sonny, unlike your constant torrent of keyboard vomit, that's an actual fact.  Even in your reality.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 Keyboard vomit?  Nice phrase, I'll remember it.

 BTW. Thanks guys for all the advice.  It took while but I Finally found the way to change the default.

[rodekyll]

Did changing the defaault fix it?

[Kentktk]

Yes, sonny, unlike your constant torrent of keyboard vomit, that's an actual fact.  Even in your reality.

Grandpa, prunes would help your mood, that`s a fact too.

[rodekyll]

I can how a fruit fly would naturally recommend prunes. 

But I'm not the feckless little snowflake who's life has been so completely destroyed by lack of his own personal bridge to his janitor job that he has to disrupt intelligent conversations with his (never bitter  ) bombardment of the same old crap.  Me, I try to use fresh crap whenever possible.