There has been some reports of the toolbars not staying in their set locations in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). This happens even after right clicking the toolbar and checking the “Lock the Toolbars” function. Some people in the security community have been working on this problem and here is a possible solution.

First, right click on the toolbar and unlock it. Move the toolbars to your preferred locations. If the Google Toolbar is installed, go to: Tools - Manage Add-ons. Google Toolbar Helper (Browser Helper Object) will be there. Highlight Google Toolbar Helper and, in Settings, disable that function. The Settings is at the bottom left of that window. Click “OK”. Close IE and then reopen the browser. The toolbars should be exactly where you have placed them - and have not moved on their own.

The Google Toolbar should work normally. At the moment, this solution seems to the most simple fix for this problem. As always, the usual disclaimers apply. Please let us know if this solves the problem for you.

Catherine Forsythe