William wrote:
>Real Player totally puzzles me. Why on earth can't they just let you NOT
>open it at startup? There are all sorts of opportunitites on the web to use
>it as a choice. Why do they force it down our throats?>>


The free version of the excellent WinPatrol will give you that option every 
time spyware or something like Realplayer or Quicktime tries to insinuate 
itself into your startups.

Quote:
"WinPatrol's top feature is how it monitors and allows you to review the 
programs that automatically launch when you start Windows. Any type of 
program determined to infect your system will most likely appear on Startup 
Programs list. This list is essential to detecting nasty software such as 
trojans, worms, spyware, adware or other programs that may insert 
themselves into your PC's auto-startup locations. "

Amongst its other virtues, Winpatrol has the very useful  "Delete on 
reboot" feature (Read its excellent Help file which is actually more in the 
nature of a security tutorial)----though I'm not sure whether that's 
included in the free version.

Don Penlington


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