10-16-2002, 04:18 PM
Quote:how do you stop that in XP? in win98 I ran the system configuration utility from system information to prevent things like realplayer update from running. What is equivalent in XP?Firstly, open Realplayer and under the preferences tab/menu, look for the "start at windows boot" option - it's there, they just make it hard to find. Remove the check, save, and kill RealPlayer. Then reboot. Once you're back at the desktop, it shouldn't be in your system tray. Just to be sure, do CTRL-ALT-DEL and look for "Realplayer" or anything "Real" based. If it's still there, go to Start-Run-and type MSCONFIG. Then go to the STARTUP tab, and deselect everything having to do with Realplayer (as well as anything else you don't want to run at startup). Save, the reboot again - you should be good to go.
As for your SP2 issues, I have no clue - I didn't install it, nor do I use Windows Update because my XP Pro is a cracked copy, and I was told to never use WU because it might see the cracked serial and kill the functionality of the OS.
I can't offer you any help wth your networking issue either - that's the next step for me to take, once I build my new machine - but I'll be using XP Pro on that one also since XP Pro's stability blows 98SE's out of the water.