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The curse of Realplayer is exactly that, every time you use it the program sets itself up to run at startup. My personal advice would be to uninstall it.
>However, once you or a file opens up Real Player, it will be automatically
>reactivated in your startup file and you will again need to deactivate it in
>MSCONFIG. You get to MSCONFIG through 'start', 'run', 'startup'.
>
>Tom Mayer
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tony Mayer" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Real Player
>
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>This is the perfect use for MSCONFIG. You can disable it selectively
>from the startup that way :)
>
>Tony Mayer
>Sysop
>The Magic FunHouse BBS
>http://bbs.magicom.net
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>[log in to unmask] wrote:
>> "One of these days, I have to check the archives about how to disable that
>&#E*&#@ RealPlayer that loads every time I start up."
>>
>> Unless you want to keep Real Player, you can simple go to "Setting",
>"Control Panel", "Add/Remove Programs", Click on "Real Player", then click
>on "remove" and uninstall the blasted thing.
>> I have no clue how to just disable on startup, but leave Real Player on
>your system so that it's usable.
>>
>>
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