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Wherever you are on the net, you can quickly do Google-powered web search, access your email, catch up on the news, check the weather forecast, and even watch video highlights from every game in the FA Premier League and Coca Cola Football League.
It's totally customisable so you can display the weather for where you live, and if you want the latest celebrity gossip rather than sport, that's ok too – just select the bits of virginmedia.com that you're interested in.
When you install this toolbar, we will make some changes to your search options to help you find what you're looking for. Once you've installed the toolbar, you can switch off these options if you like - learn more.
How do I get it?
It only takes a minute to install. Just click on one of the options below and follow the on-screen instructions.
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Who can use it?
Anyone can use it - not just Virgin Media customers - but obviously some exclusive content like Broadband Extras, and online customer services will only work for Virgin Broadband customers.
What does it do?
Well since you asked, here’s the full list of all the things the Virgin Media toolbar can do:
Search the net with Google & highlight the words you searched for on the page.
Detailed weather forecasts customised for your area - you can add up to 10 locations to the list.
Up to date news headlines with links to the full story.
Completely customisable - add your own favourite bits of virginmedia.com.
Or add any other favourite websites like Amazon, eBay, Facebook or the BBC.
Quick access to your Virgin Media email, Help, Customer Zone, My Account, Contact Us and live Service News.
Links to exclusive content like Premier League goals & more great sports coverage.
Advanced search so that if you mistype a website address, we can help you find what you're looking for - in technical terms this is called DNS error redirection, and you can turn it off if you want to.
Links to content in Broadband Extras, which is exclusive to Virgin Broadband customers.
Zoom in - or out - on web pages.
Plus we’ve got new stuff being developed that we will add to the toolbar too.
What if I have a problem with it?
If you find something not quite working as it should, you can always report it through our website broken links form.
There is help available here if you have any problems installing, customising or using the Virgin Media toolbar.
In the unlikely event that it causes some other problem on your PC, it’s probably best to uninstall it using the link the link in the toolbar itself under Options – Help.
Alternatively, you can click on Start at the bottom left of your screen, then Settings – Control Panel – Add or Remove Programs, select the Virgin Media Toolbar, and click on “Change/Remove”.
System requirements
The Virgin Media toolbar will work on the vast majority of computers including Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000, but unfortunately it is not compatible with Windows 98, Millennium or NT.
There are two different versions of the toolbar, one for Internet Explorer and one for Firefox.
