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Testing. 1, 2, 3... / Re:Quick Time assembler starting when I enter
« on: March 16, 2003, 08:19:13 PM »I don't use QT all that frequently, and I don't remember precisely when it was last updated. But mine is the free version, not the paid version, with the bells & whistles. Dunno if this makes any difference.
Before using QT's plug-in to play the MIDI on the forum I can't remember the last time I used QT either. I also don't know if the free or Pro versions would make a difference because I've always used the free version too.
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Here's its description from www.answersthatwork.com:
"RealPlayer Classic used to be one of the most needed pieces of software on a PC. Its successor, RealOne Player, is vying for the title of the most hated piece of software. For a start, on many PCs EVNTSVC slows down boot-ups unacceptably, using up to 90% of CPU time at times. There have also been reports of EVNTSVC dropping advertising shortcuts onto the desktop during idle times. Next, if you try to disable EVNTSVC via Startup Manager or MSCONFIG, RealOne Player checks to see if it has been deleted from the Registry and re-instates it as a startup item! To be fair, there is a facility within RealOne Player to "only perform automatic services while RealOne Player is in use". As stated in our write-up for RNDAL, our recommendation is to de-install RealOne Player and either use the classic RealPlayer, or something else such as WinAmp. If you absolutely want to keep RealOne Player, we suggest you rename EVNTSVC.EXE to EVNTSVC.EXE.OLD as that is the only way to make absolutely certain that it never runs, and RealOne Player works fine without it."
This explanation is chilling. Though I don't doubt that the problems with EVNTSVC.EXE exist (because I've had problems with previous versions of RealPlayer), I've been using RealOne Player practically since it was first released and I've never had this problem with EVNTSVC.EXE - or any other problem for that matter. In fact, I've been more satisfied with RealOne than I've ever been with any other version. I wonder what I'm doing/did that's different from what others who've experienced problems do/have done? :-