Should I remove Windows Live Toolbar?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
14.0.8117.416	0.20%
03.01.0146	53.82%
03.01.0130	34.91%
03.01.0072	0.80%
03.01.0068	8.05%
03.00.2038	0.10%
03.00.1615	0.80%
03.00.1218	1.31%

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Remove Windows Live Toolbar by Microsoft

Windows Live Toolbar was an browser extension toolbar for Internet Explorer. Windows Live Toolbar provided a simple search interface that starts to list results as the user types in a search query, and uses Bing as its search engine. The toolbar also allows users to synchronize their Internet Explorer favorites across multiple computers, and provides an interface to Windows Live and MSN services. Windows Live Toolbar is included with Windows Live Essentials.

The most used version is 03.01.0146, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is msntbup.exe. The software installer includes 32 files and is usually about 11.77 MB (12,346,772 bytes).

URL: windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/essentials

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\windows live toolbar

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{1BD07DF4-FB06-41BA-B896-B2DA59000C96}

Estimated size: 11.77 MB

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program Windows Live Toolbar, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Windows Live Toolbar.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win Vista (SP2) 38% Win 7 2%

HOW DOES IT RUN? Plugs into Internet Explorer

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 51% Keep it 49%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	53.77%
United Kingdom	7.85%
Germany	6.80%
Canada	3.32%
France	3.08%
Australia	2.27%
Poland	1.46%
Spain	1.21%
Sweden	1.21%
Italy	1.21%
India	1.13%
Belgium	1.05%
Brazil	0.89%
Japan	0.81%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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