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Old 09-09-2009, 09:05 AM   #5491
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I had to install it in order to listen to a web seminar. It did not ask if I wanted Google Chrome installed! (nothing against Chrome, I just don't want it)
Ah! I feel your pain.. I hate software that install "helper apps" in my webbrowser without asking me if I want it or not!
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:11 AM   #5492
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Ah! I feel your pain.. I hate software that install "helper apps" in my webbrowser without asking me if I want it or not!

And stick stuff in your Startup list - Real Player is one of the most obnoxious apps I've ever encountered.
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:16 AM   #5493
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oh that drives me CRAZY !! and sometimes you get the most irrelevant stuff, i can't remember what it was i installed recently that wanted me to install the yahoo toolbar, something completely random though (avast ?). real player *is* obnoxious, but ironically in the past it's usually been real player that tries to get you to install it along with some other (unrelated...) app ; i've never had the opposite happen yet.

nate, i forget where i saw it, but i'm pretty sure there was some sort of app floating around for a while which would let you read real player files (including streaming) in the media player of your choice... you might want to hunt around. if i can remember what it was called i'll post a link (if i can find it again).
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:18 AM   #5494
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railway staff who are not allowed to help my lady to get a bicycle off the train - in case they get left on in the process ......

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Old 09-09-2009, 10:02 AM   #5495
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railway staff who are not allowed to help my lady to get a bicycle off the train - in case they get left on in the process ......

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Been there, done that...

A train attendant looking at me, trying to get my bike in the train before the doors would close. And not lifting one finger. The end of that trip was much better though. I was even pushed away and wasn't allowed to lift a finger, but that was in Switzerland...
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:58 PM   #5496
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Old 09-09-2009, 05:15 PM   #5497
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Yeah, that's the word I was looking for! Nice to have a new word for the vocab' (though it's the kind of word, like its brother, that you hope you can file and barely ever reference).
You're welcome Although I wasn't 100% sure that 'misandric' was correct - 'misandry' is correct but it's 'misogynist' not 'misogynic'. I'd look it up and stop dithering, but I couldn't be bothered.

Edited to Add - Oh, lookit that, it's not a word. Should be misandrist. Well, according to the dictionary, but then, dictionary was created to serve woman, not woman to serve the dictionary...
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Old 09-09-2009, 07:41 PM   #5498
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I had to install it in order to listen to a web seminar. It did not ask if I wanted Google Chrome installed! (nothing against Chrome, I just don't want it)
Where did the download come from? It didn't do that here on a direct install from Real's site.

(I already have Chrome installed, but then, I have just about every browser installed. The one I normally use is Firefox 3.5.)
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:08 PM   #5499
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Where did the download come from? It didn't do that here on a direct install from Real's site.

(I already have Chrome installed, but then, I have just about every browser installed. The one I normally use is Firefox 3.5.)
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Just to be sure I double checked the link for the installer:
http://www.real.com/player/index.html

I installed it, and it gave me Google Chrome again.
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:26 PM   #5500
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Old 09-10-2009, 12:29 AM   #5502
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You're welcome Although I wasn't 100% sure that 'misandric' was correct - 'misandry' is correct but it's 'misogynist' not 'misogynic'. I'd look it up and stop dithering, but I couldn't be bothered.

Edited to Add - Oh, lookit that, it's not a word. Should be misandrist. Well, according to the dictionary, but then, dictionary was created to serve woman, not woman to serve the dictionary...
Anyway, my attitude to words is, "If in doubt, make one up". It's inventilicious, baby, yeah!
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Just to be sure I double checked the link for the installer:
http://www.real.com/player/index.html

I installed it, and it gave me Google Chrome again.
I grabbed RealPlayerSP from the link on the main page: http://www.real.com/

I didn't get Chrome as part of the deal. It's possible that's because I already had Chrome installed. I'll play a bit more and see what happens.
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