[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Speaking of bad softwares and the annoyances associated with them, I have a technical question for anyone who can answer them.

Real player, and Quicktime have files that start when the computer starts.

QTTASK & such...

I disabled them in Start>Run>msconfig.

They are still in that list.

Is there any way to completely remove a process that is in that list?

I've had these and other more serious spyware diabled in that list, but they are still showing up there which is just annoying to say the least, and with the Real Player and Quicktime task, they randomly start themselves again in msconfig without me authorizing it.

Any way to disable them completely, or remove them without removing the associated program (Quicktime or Real Player)

Real Player and Quicktime aren't the only programs that start processes as soon as you start your computer. Microsoft Office, Windows Media Player, iTunes, AIM, Java, Picasa, Virus/Spyware scanners, Firewalls, and now a whole multitude of automatic Updaters (Adobe, Google Pack, etc.) have taken advantage of the surge of available RAM nowadays to pre-load their processes as soon as you start the computer.

Many of these help launch applications faster, and others, like Picasa Media Detector, help detect when you add new photos to your computer to automatically update your Picasa photo albums.

If you're worried about RAM usage, you can uncheck almost all processes in the startup queue (except on laptops! some of the processes are the 'drivers' for the keyboard and touchpad), but make sure you leave the virus scanning/Firewalls enabled. Even though the processes are still listed in msconfig, if they are unchecked they aren't running. (They leave them listed there in case you need to re-enable them.)

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Also, since Real Player kinda stinks, but I still have vids in .rm format, can anyone suggest an alternative?

Try the SUPER Media Converter. It's like the VLC of media converters. It can convert any (non-DRM) media file format into nearly any other file format.