"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.

Darlene Burgess

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