Apple's Quick Time Player

[James Silverton]

I installed Apple's Quick Time Player on my XP system since it
seemed the only way to view some videos my son-in-law posted but
I am getting very tired of the frequent "updates" and the way,
every time, Apple tries to sneak in the I-tunes player that I
*don't* want!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

 

[bud]

I installed Apple's Quick Time Player on my XP system since it seemed the
only way to view some videos my son-in-law posted but I am getting very
tired of the frequent "updates" and the way, every time, Apple tries to
sneak in the I-tunes player that I *don't* want!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

If son in law can't use another format, try quick time alternative.
http://www.freecodec.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

 

[James Silverton]

bud wrote on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:53:06 GMT:


be> message ??>> I installed Apple's Quick Time Player on my XP system
??>> since it seemed the only way to view some videos my
??>> son-in-law posted but I am getting very tired of the
??>> frequent "updates" and the way, every time, Apple tries
??>> to sneak in the I-tunes player that I *don't* want!
??>>

If son in law can't use another format, try quick time
alternative.
http://www.freecodec.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

Thanks, he was a very new Apple user but I think he's getting a
bit more sophisticated . Thanks also for the suggestion of
the alternative; I'll investigate.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.Comcast.not

 

[Val]

Here you can opt to download just Quicktime:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html

In QuickTime's Preferences, you can uncheck the Check for Updates option.

My perennial gripe with QT is that every time I upgrade it, it fails to pay
attention to the previous preferences - especially installing itself to the
taskbar. I seldom launch it directly, I launch qt or mov files.

Val

 

[James Silverton]

Val wrote on Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:29:47 -0700:

V> In QuickTime's Preferences, you can uncheck the Check for
V> Updates option.

V> My perennial gripe with QT is that every time I upgrade it,
V> it fails to pay attention to the previous preferences -
V> especially installing itself to the taskbar. I seldom
V> launch it directly, I launch qt or mov files.

Thanks, I did that and we will see what happens. The major
trouble was that I got an update popup whether or not I was
using QuickTime.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

 

[Val]

Also look to see if Apple Updater is installed - you can also set that to
not check. Ideally, turn it off all together, or uninstall it if you don't
want it.

Val

 

[Jerry]

I installed the QuickTime Standalone version and have had NOT problems with
updates.