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How do I shut off Google PacMan sound other than turning volume off?

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I started Firefox, sirens blared, I thought I had been hit with a virus. Went to Google to search for a solution and found PacMan on their home page, apparently the problem. Now when I leave Google website, sound continues. How do I shut this off, other than going to Internet Explorer?

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== I started Firefox today.

I started Firefox, sirens blared, I thought I had been hit with a virus. Went to Google to search for a solution and found PacMan on their home page, apparently the problem. Now when I leave Google website, sound continues. How do I shut this off, other than going to Internet Explorer? == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == I started Firefox today.

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Install FlashBlock add-on - works like a charm

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smitthy - No it's not! It started on every page I went to and for me it did NOT start on Google. It started when I was on Yahoo!, then LinkedIn, Espn.com ... every page. Know your facts before mouthing off.

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Install Flashblock add-on for Firefox - problem solved

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Yeah disable Cool Previews. Worked for me too.

Stupid thing started all of a sudden, don't know why. How random.

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You need to uninstall CoolPreviews not just disable it (then restart Firefox). Loss of Cool Preview is annoying and Firefox & CoolPreview need to get together quickly to sort it out.


who cares whether IE users are having problems! Not Bill Gates I'll bet!

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The sound is from GOOGLE but it is the COOL PREVIEWS add-on that is having problems with it so DISABLE it in your (tools/add-ons) until the problem is solved!!!!

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disable cool preview...

Google celebrating 30 years of pacman.... so you get this free... :)

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I have not recently been to Google and I do have Cool Previews installed...very strange problem...also, even if I navigate to another page...sound continues..why do people have to be so nasty on their posts...sounds like somebody needs a nappy!

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THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT IDIOTS. it's maddening


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Just disable Cool Previews from Tools/Add-Ons. PacMan Sound gone...

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Only disabling Cool Previews is a definite fix!

  • textUninstalling and reinstalling CoolPreviews even after cleaning registry, temp files, etc. does not work.
  • textRemoving Google as home page, preferred search engine, or toolbar has no effect.
  • textProblem is not related to visiting Google. Does not matter where you start or go....PacMan begins.

Only disabling Cool Previews is a definite fix!

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Disabled it. Tried to enable it, and the sound came back. SO what do we do when we want to use the coolpreviews again? Do I have to uninstall it, then reinstall cool previews to gain that feature back without the annoying noise? Or wait for an update?

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disable shockwave flash plugin, and reenable it.

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Ad Flashblock and Stop Autoplay add-ons for Firefox and you can keep your Cool Previews.thats what i did and it works fine.

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Add Flashblock and Stop Autoplay to Firefox.You can then keep using Cool Previews.I did it and no sound and Cool Previews works fine.It is all over the internet and its a Google issue.

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If your problem is how to stop the Google Pacman logo from auto-playing, I was able to control it by just typing a letter in the search field.

I don't have CoolPreviews installed here, so can't comment on that.

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I didn't use Google. The row was on every page I visited. I don't use IE. I use a Mac with Firefox and Safari. This din didn't happen on Safari. It happened on Firefox. I followed an early suggestion to disable CoolPreview and the din continued. I uninstalled CoolPreview and the din stopped.

The noise was unwanted and intrusive and makes me less likely to use Google in future. There are other serach engines afterall!

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Turning off Cool Previews doesn't work.

What WILL work is when Google takes the Pacman game off their site.

However, the real problem is in Firefox somehow.

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