Re: quicktime complaint
Heather Donahue
Jim Davis Nature Photography <JBD...@hkg.odn.ne.jp> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 May 2004 09:24:02 -0400, Tim Murray <no-...@thankyou.com>
> wrote/replied to:
>
> >> What I mean is, I don't want the program on my computer but I get a
> >> program in the system tray whenever I click on a video and it's a
> >> Quicktime Video. There is no way of knowing what type of video is
> >> offered, so I can't avoid sometimes getting this 'virus'. Yes, that's
> >> exactly what it is folks. I choose No, don't install, and it installs
> >> this always loaded application that's hidden on my computer in the
> >> registry.
> >
> >QuickTime simply had to have been installed either by you or (for example)
> >as
> >a part of the operating system install done by a restore-type CD. For
> >example, if you buy a PC with no operating system and buy a retail version
> >of
> >Windows, you won't have QuickTime, and it's never installed automatically or
> >without your consent. But many mail order and retail computers don't come
> >with a real retail CD, but instead ship with a restore CD, and QuickTime
> >might be on it, so you get it, like it or not.
>
> I built this computer from parts. I never installed QT. Of that I'm
> certain. Nobody else uses it. QT simply installs it's little system
> tray icon, every time you say NO to an installation, like when you
> click on a QT video you didn't know was a QT. That's the problem. I
> don't want it in the system tray, don't want to install it, don't want
> to watch QT media, and I don't want to have to go to any trouble to
> get rid of the sucker. I like a clean clean system.
First, Apple doesn't make software that will install itself like some
worm or virus, either for Macs or Windows machines. I've installed QT
on both Macs and PCs and you always have to explicitly agree to the EULA.
Second, you state that you built this computer yourself, and you didn't
explicitly install QuickTime for Windows. You either installed it along
with some other software without realizing it or someone installed it
for you.
Third, you say you don't want to go to any trouble to get rid of it.
Then I must conclude that you are a troll. Apple isn't going to remove
it for you, nor will anyone in the comp.sys.mac.* newsgroups. If you
want it gone you'll have to figure it out for yourself.
Fourth, if you aren't troll or an idiot, you might want to direct
yourself to the Apple forum "QuickTime for Windows"
<http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?1...@14.KWdaaQXHlWU.1@.ee6ba94>
maybe there someone will actually care about what you think.
Fifth, what made you think that posting to a Macintosh newsgroup for a
complaint about software for your Windows PC was a good idea? You should
have posted your "Quicktime complaint" to comp.sys.ibm.pc.software, it's
off-topic here.