I do a ton of IT work and everybody where I work calls me for every single computer problem (& the place is huge)
All the gmail accounts keep changing to the "new look" & it messes up half the computers here (all the folders are jumbled on top of each other, won't scroll right etc.)
How do I either stop the damn update or fix the problem???
#1. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to John M. (Reply # 0)
That must be a PITA for you. I Googled it and all that comes up is about Android updating. If it's Gmail in the "Cloud"(online) I really doubt there is a way to stop that kind of updating. I suppose you just need to roll with it.
#2. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to John M. (Reply # 0)
OK, I'll bite, what "new look"? I don't normally go to the GMail web site to access my Gmail. I just get it through Windows Live Mail along with all my other email accounts. I just went to the web site and it looks the same to me as it always has.
#3. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to MSU (Reply # 2)
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QUOTE: OK, I'll bite, what "new look"? I don't normally go to the GMail web site to access my Gmail. I just get it through Windows Live Mail along with all my other email accounts. I just went to the web site and it looks the same to me as it always has.
There is a whole new look to it, but it doesn't work right on about half of our computers. It gives it to you automatically and for a while there was a setting to "temporarily reset to old style"
Now, the setting seems to be gone and on a bunch of our computers the users gmail is virtually unusable . The folders are all jumbled on top of each other and it won't scroll right. My wife's LT just started doing it Today and no setting change I make seems to fix it now.
#4. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to John M. (Reply # 3) Thu Apr-19-12 09:02 PM by jmc
Perhaps if you delete all the cookies for Gmail it will refresh it so it looks normal. What browser are you using to get the Gmail? If you use Ccleaner check all the boxes and do a total clean. Old cache/cookies sitting in the browser could be the problem.
Another thing you can try is on the computers that are having trouble you can use Windows Live Mail configured using Imap to get your Gmail through that Like MSU does.
#5. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to jmc (Reply # 4) Thu Apr-19-12 09:06 PM by John M.
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QUOTE: Perhaps if you delete all the cookies for Gmail it will refresh it so it looks normal. What browser are you using to get the Gmail? If you use Ccleaner check all the boxes and do a total clean. Old cache/cookies sitting in the browser could be the problem.
I had tried all that but nothing worked.
My wife was using IE so not knowing what else to try at this point I DL'ed and installed firefox. Using firefox it works perfectly thank god. Note I get to install ff on at least 30 work computers........
#6. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to John M. (Reply # 5)
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QUOTE: Perhaps if you delete all the cookies for Gmail it will refresh it so it looks normal. What browser are you using to get the Gmail? If you use Ccleaner check all the boxes and do a total clean. Old cache/cookies sitting in the browser could be the problem.
I had tried all that but nothing worked.
My wife was using IE so not knowing what else to try at this point I DL'ed and installed firefox. Using firefox it works perfectly thank god. Now I get to install ff on at least 30 work computers........
#18. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to John M. (Reply # 13)
I'm with you!!! I DON'T want the new look either!!!!! I keep going to the bottom of the page and clicking on "visit previous account version of account settings screen" and on a couple occasions my account was already automatically in the new format so I had to go into settings and select revert to the old format. I hope that choice doesn't get taken away. I may consider not using gmail anymore if they keep taking my choices away. I want to use it the way it suits me, not they way they want it to suit me. It seems like everytime we get used to something they want to change it. Change can be good but a least give the user a choice in which settings they would like.
#22. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to Chari (Reply # 19) Mon Apr-23-12 04:22 PM by adirong
so far I still can revert to the old style, just takes me a few extra clicks. I just was able to access the old style again just now, doing the same thing.
Edit: Maybe it's high time I learn how to set up gmail to come thru my "Windows" mail account. I did this for my sister but can't seem to do it for myself for some reason.
#23. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to adirong (Reply # 22)
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QUOTE:Edit: Maybe it's high time I learn how to set up gmail to come thru my "Windows" mail account. I did this for my sister but can't seem to do it for myself for some reason.
Go to the Google website and look for the how-to information on settings required to set up your Gmail account(s) for use with another mail client.
#25. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to dtellier (Reply # 23)
yup, I did do that actually and it looks quite involved so I'll likely put it off. I didn't have to go thru that lengthy process when I did my sisters email but she has Windows 7 so that's likely the reason?
And, my choice is now gone in gmail, no longer can revert back
#21. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to jbmcmillan (Reply # 20)
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QUOTE: That's exactly why I don't use web based email.I never liked gmail and only keep a hotmail account around for a throw away.
Web-based email is not the problem here, it is the user interface. I use Gmail and find it to be excellent. I do not, however, use the Gmail web-based interface. I use Outlook to handle all of my email accounts, Gmail included. When used this way, as a POP account, you would not know Gmail from your local POP service, but with fewer contraints and limitations.
#28. "RE: how do I stop gmail from updating permanently??" In response to therube (Reply # 24)
I don't know what happened but when I signed into google on my mobile phone it downloaded ALL my GOOGLE Email contacts into my mobile phone. I did not want that I wanted to selectively add contacts to my mobile phone. Some people I communicate via email, I dont want in my phone contacts list. If I add a new contact on my phone, it is added to my google web page contact list. I don't want that. Does that have anything to do with SYNC?
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