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QuickTime Alternative

Mar 17, 2008 10:33AM PDT

How do I get the UPDATE SCREEN to stop popping up????
I'm in the middle of playing an adventure game then it bogs
down, goes to the desktop to tell me to install the new update.
I looked it options but can't find a way to turn it off.

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I know this sounds silly,
Mar 17, 2008 10:36AM PDT

but the best way to stop it popping up is to do the update that is requested.

then it goes away.

p

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Do you mean..?
Mar 17, 2008 11:09AM PDT

The Apple update manager or Quicktime itself asking for an update?

I personally don't like iTunes updating every other day so I checked the box to not show me again. If Quicktime itself is issueing an update you can msot likely do the same or indeed like guy above said do the update.

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Thats What I'm Doing
Mar 17, 2008 2:02PM PDT

Thats what I'm doing but it keeps coming back.
I actually don't have the real QUICKTIME program loaded.
I have QuickTime Alternative installed but APPLE is asking me to
update QUICKTIME which doesn't make sense.

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Is this on
Mar 17, 2008 6:26PM PDT

a Macintosh or on Windows?

I'm presuming Windows because you mentioned Quicktime alternative.

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Yes Its On
Mar 17, 2008 7:16PM PDT

Yes Its On Windows.

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That's helpful
Mar 17, 2008 10:48PM PDT

If you have iTunes installed then you have QuickTime installed too. You also checked the box that asked if you would like to install the Apple Software updater, when you first installed iTunes. This is an option, not a default.

Your post is a little confusing. Your title is QuickTime alternative and you wanted to know how to stop it asking you to update.

Now it's Apple asking you to update Quicktime which you say you have not go installed.

Now we find it is all happening on a Windows Machine, not a Mac.

Despite the fact that this is NOT Mac software, I'll try to solve your problem.

In your program files, Start/All Programs (for XP) you will find a piece of software called Apple Software Update.
Launch it and let it check for software updates.
Once it has done that, go to preferences and tell it to NEVER check for updates.
Quit the application.

That should do it.

BTW, just because the makers name is Apple, it does not make the software Mac Software.
Office 2008 is written by Microsoft, it does NOT run on Windows.

P

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Actually, I've used QT Alt... Here's how it rolls.
Mar 17, 2008 10:54PM PDT

The QT alt basically installs the Quicktime backend, but without the Quicktime 'player' frontend. People put it on their machine because they obviously want to play Quicktime formats, but without the QT player. I don't blame people... I hate Quicktime on Windows, but, there is VLC player which is far better.

Anyway, I digress. By install QT alt this person has basically just installed the Quicktime backend with another player as the frontend. I think the choice is between Windows Media Player Classic and Windows Media Player itself.

To be quite honest I'm not sure what situation we're in. But if this was QT Alt on its own I doubt it would be asking for an update. Me thinks that the user either has QT alt installed as well as the real Quicktime, somehow. :S

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Thanks
Mar 18, 2008 2:15AM PDT

Thanks!!!! I didn't know that there was an Apple Software Update program.
I uninstalled it.