Should i disable quicktime

Just leave it be. User profile for user: dialabrain dialabrain. No you can't. Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. User profile for user: Njofrekk Njofrekk.

Nov 24, AM in response to the peterbark In response to the peterbark You can always install another player app and set it as default and Quicktime won't bother you anymore.

User profile for user: tygb tygb. Nov 24, AM in response to the peterbark In response to the peterbark You can't delete quicktime as it is required by OS X , any ideas by disabling System integrity protection SIP then try to delete it. If you don't want it, don't use it. Simple as that. Nov 24, AM in response to the peterbark In response to the peterbark You can limit or block access to any application by creating a managed account.

The suggestion to switch to Mac because of silly corporate games like this is flat out stupid, and sort of embarrassing for the Mac crowd. Patch your crap, Apple. Whine about Microsoft if you want, but patch it. This type of crap is exactly why other fields object strongly to the use of the term software "engineer. Two programs I use in Windows that need QT. Traktor DJ by Native Instuments. Rekordbox DJ by Pioneer.

Are you sure rekordbox dj does't work for you? There is a simple fix for this. The vulnerability only affects QT player. If you uninstall Windows, then run the QT installer again and reinstall only the Quicktime components the codecs , you can continue to use the Adobe apps safely.

The techno-sphere is missing a huge point: as long as the QT browser plug-in isn't active, you can't play an infected file. Chrome has disabled the QT plug-in. Expect others to follow suit. The only vulnerability after that is if someone downloads an infected QT file, and opens it with their installed QT player.

But as others are noting: your security software should scan the downloads for infection. FWIW, the MajorGeeks freeware site is carrying an offer for the latest update of a lower tier browser called Otter that was initially released in Says it's based on Opera I use Adobe Photoshop CS3. I know it's old, but it does what I need it to do, or at least it did until I uninstalled Quicktime.

I tried opening a gif file the other day in order to resize it, and got the message that I need Quicktime in order to do that. There can be many reasons for a slow booting PC; one cause of slow bootup is too many programs and services running once Windows 10 loads. In addition, we'll look at how to manage startup programs and how you can determine what program you should or shouldn't allow to start up.

If your computer has been booting up slowly, you probably have too many programs and services trying to start up all at once. But you haven't added any programs to your startup, so how do they get there? Often, programs will automatically add themselves to the startup.

That's why it's a good idea to pay attention when installing software and occasionally remove bloatware. That said, not all programs that add themselves to the startup are junk. If you have an Apple device iPod, iPhone, etc. It is an unneeded process, as you can manually launch iTunes when you'd like, and it is especially unnecessary if you don't have an Apple device at all. QuickTime allows you to play and open various media files.

The program is often required to view web content, specifically videos. But why does it need to "startup"? Short answer: it doesn't. Yes, we all love Zoom. But, there is no need for it to be a startup program when you can manually launch it as needed to attend meetings. Although you don't need it and there are great alternative PDF readers , Adobe Reader is still the program of choice for many.

Why it "needs" to automatically startup is beyond me, though. Skype is an excellent video chat program—no one is arguing that. Unchecked programs just won't start automatically at bootup and won't be running in the background. I clicked on it and apparently it is part of Windows Defender. A screen came up that showed the programs that were being launched at start up.

Most were confusing so I left them alone. I will follow your instructions ,as I figured there has to be many more that are not necessary???? Reply to quoted posts Clear. Site Changelog. Sign In Use Twitter. Need an account? Register now! I've forgotten my password. Remember me This is not recommended for shared computers.