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need help with new Chrome lap top

9 years ago

As some of you that have been following an earlier thread of mine, I have a new Chrome lap top. I have an android phone as well as a kindle fire so I have some experience with that operating system. When we first set it up, I thought it said that we had a large amount of free cloud, which I can't remember the exact amount.

Now we get constantly interrupted with an advertisement for Zip Cloud which I don't know how to stop. I went to the Uninstall listing at the bottom and when I did that then I got the other constantly nagging advertisement for "Windows Vista and Higher Free Scan". Any ideas how to keep these from popping up.

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zep516

9 years ago

You need to use Google, I don't know anything about the operating system.

So Google this "Find settings on Chrome Laptop" or "Where is settings on Chrome Laptop"

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Elmer J Fudd
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Have you tried to contact the manufacturer's Tech Support service? That's probably the best place to start.

While a variety of devices have operating systems that sit atop a linux core, each is different from the other and the user interfaces are as well. Unless you're going deep into the bowels of the software, access to which is usually blocked, familiarity with using an Android phone isn't going to be transferable to a PC running Chrome linux, a specifically developed flavor.
zep516
9 years ago
"Windows Vista and Higher Free Scan".

That advertisement is usually the result of an adware program called PCKeeper

Is it listed in you programs or apps ? If so try to remove it. You could also reset your browser as these programs install browser extensions sometimes.

The same with Zipcloud. Is it listed in your programs or apps ?
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zep516
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Sorry Elmer, we posted at the same time.
Lea Grabb
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9 years ago
Zep, it is not listed in the apps. I found on the Chrome book forum the same question about getting rid of the zip cloud. The reply was the do a re-set on settings. I tried to ask how to do that but it wouldn't let me...?? but I do not know how to do it. I can't even find settings.
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