A while back people were pushing Real Alternative as a way of being rid of the aggravations of RealPlayer. See http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm Is this a serious option? Has anyone had any experience with this? It seems there's also an alternative version of QuickTime, which is another PITA. They are both on my ever-growing list of "to do" jobs which I never get around to :-( John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:56 PM Subject: [PCWorks] Where can you ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD RealPlayer? > Does anyone have any idea where you can download RealPlayer > instead of their stupid downloader? I'd like to have the REAL > FULL program! Any does anyone know which version is the best? > I had the latest installed the other day and I hated it. It > kept crashing or freezing up, kept trying to "call home" even > with files on my PC, and even though the updater was DELETED, > it kept trying to do this! I had to delete the scheduler to > stop it from running all the time! > Thanks, > -Clint > > God Bless, > Clint Hamilton, Owner > www.OrpheusComputing.com > www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com > www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-