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Old August 14th 04, 01:08 PM
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Default Windows Media Player vs Real player

I have both Window Media player and Real Player, do I need
to have both or can I get rid of one? If so, which one?
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Old August 14th 04, 03:01 PM
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 05:08:08 -0700, wrote:

I have both Window Media player and Real Player, do I need
to have both or can I get rid of one? If so, which one?


That's a personal decision you have to make. Both are privacy threats, unless
properly configured. Both process ("play") files that the other won't, and both
process files that the other will.

Generally, both are innocuous unless run, though if you ever run RealPlayer, it
will start a background task that will repeatedly try to add an additional RP
task to startup automatically. Garbage that you don't need. WMP has its tricks
too.

For more information about the two (Tweeduldum and Tweeduldee), do some reading
in alt.privacy.spyware.

Cheers,
Chuck
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