I'm calling QuickTime SPYWARE 8^(

The Jackson · Post by **The Jackson** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:14 pm

Something is screwed up with my .mov's playing in QT, so I just use VLC Player.

The new version is so flashy and "ugh", so I don't even wanna go there.

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:21 pm

No Quick Time here for a long time since it was obvious it was not clean. The same goes for some other popular "free" programs.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:22 pm

Learn to use regedit (very carefully) and you can remove most troublesome programs permamently from auto loading. They are usually located under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run

Virtually every program out there has some kind or startup or autoupdate that they throw in there. Removing a dozen of these can make your PC boot much faster and have more available RAM.
Warning: If you aren't sure, don't delete it!

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:39 pm

MartyNeilan wrote:Warning: If you aren't sure, don't delete it!

Ain't that the truth!

Tubaryan "been there, done that, spent the rest of the weekend rebuilding the wife's computer" 12

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:38 am

I was fooled once. (Shame on Apple.) Fortunately, I have the knowledge to wipe a program completely off of my computer.

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:41 pm

If you don't like the FREE program and are bothered by features to which you agree during the installation process, and you rarely use the FREE program's features, then just delete it.

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:07 pm

bloke wrote:They had much more to gain by me having it on my machine that I had to gain by it jamming a stick in my machine's spokes.

I think that is probably the point. By providing these software programs free of charge, they want you to get used to using them. Most folks will put up with it. Some won't. I've never found Quick Time to cause me any problems, but it obviously did for you.

jbaylies · Post by **jbaylies** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:20 pm

Mac users hate Windows Media Player just as much as Windows users hate Quicktime.