I Hate IE

[LochnarITB]

ah, but does it kill quicktime everytime that it puts itself in there?
Every time you start quicktime (not as a web-plugin, as a stand alone proggy) it has the cheek to put itself BACK into your startup queue.

Sadly, no. But wouldn't it be "da bomb" if it did automagically see it and kill it? I have the shortcut on my desktop so it is very quick. I open Starter, select and delete the Quicktime startup entry, select and terminate the process it left running and close Starter. It's almost an automatic reaction to seeing Quicktime run. Even worse than Quicktime is RealPlayer. At least Quicktime leaves you alone when you use the browser plugin. RealPlayer, plugin or stand alone, always insists on working its way into your system as well as adding a new menu where it thinks it belongs. If there weren't so many technically challenged people using computers that think "it should just work" like the toaster they use each morning, maybe companies wouldn't be so quick to do such things.

If I put that in my manifesto, would you vote for me?

Yes!