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Avatard
08-20-2010, 04:57 AM
Got your notification popup to update my Win XP install of Quicktime, and stupidly, I trusted you, and hit "update".

Quicktime took the liberty of installing a desktop icon (I wanted no such thing), and then took over nearly every media file association on my computer, reversing my preferred settings.

Control panel; Add/Remove software; Remove Quicktime.

Violate my trust, and *poof" your shitty fucking software is gone.

Eat my ass, fuckers.

:fu2:
Dave
08-20-2010, 05:52 AM
Vista codec pack. Use wmp for all
pauldun170
08-20-2010, 09:23 AM
Windows Media player and VLC
Fully covered for everything
Angee
08-20-2010, 10:14 AM
Don't forget the registry entry. :)
OneSickPsycho
08-20-2010, 10:35 AM
Windows Media player and VLC
Fully covered for everything

Only problem with VLC is that their H.264 codec sucks donkey balls... that said, it's the only media player I use simply because of it's versatility.
jtemple
08-20-2010, 11:27 AM
K-Lite Codec Pack and/or Quicktime Alternative.
njchopper87
08-20-2010, 02:07 PM
I must have tried at least 5 different codec packs and Windows 7 refuses to load thumbnails properly for any files that aren't AVI format. It just says "discovering items," but never does. Then it makes My Computer and Control Panel blank.. I just turned the damn thumbnails off.. so fucking annoying.
tallywacker
08-20-2010, 02:13 PM
Fuck steve jobs and his communist computer outfit.
Papa_Complex
08-22-2010, 04:31 PM
AVG snuck their Security Toolbar in under the wire, in the last update that I did. Reset my search provider to Yahoo at the same time. I specifically didn't install it when I first installed AVG because I hate toolbars. There was also no specific uninstaller for it, nor would it allow uninstallation from the Mozilla plug-ins list. Fuckers.
tallywacker
08-22-2010, 05:07 PM
AVG snuck their Security Toolbar in under the wire, in the last update that I did. Reset my search provider to Yahoo at the same time. I specifically didn't install it when I first installed AVG because I hate toolbars. There was also no specific uninstaller for it, nor would it allow uninstallation from the Mozilla plug-ins list. Fuckers.

Companies love them because they get boatloads of advertising credit
VatorMan
08-22-2010, 05:38 PM
Their 3 hour Itunes/Ipad updates suck the cock as well.
Avatard
08-22-2010, 05:54 PM
AVG snuck their Security Toolbar in under the wire, in the last update that I did. Reset my search provider to Yahoo at the same time. I specifically didn't install it when I first installed AVG because I hate toolbars. There was also no specific uninstaller for it, nor would it allow uninstallation from the Mozilla plug-ins list. Fuckers.

Yeah, see, this is what chapped my ass the most.

I expect shit to do nasty things on initial install...they almost all do that fucking shit (assholes)...but this "fuck your world up on update" strategy is new levels of sliminess.

I'm going back to a lump of coal and papyrus if this keeps up.
tallywacker
08-22-2010, 06:01 PM
I'm using avast now because AVG started to bloat too much for my tastes.
DLIT
08-22-2010, 06:59 PM
Their 3 hour Itunes/Ipad updates suck the cock as well.

If they're taking three hours to update, your computer is slow as fuck.
Papa_Complex
08-22-2010, 07:41 PM
If they're taking three hours to update, your computer is slow as fuck.

Yes, the iPad is slow as fuck.
Riceaholic
08-22-2010, 07:44 PM
K-Lite Codec Pack and/or Quicktime Alternative.

this...
Avatard
08-22-2010, 07:47 PM
I'm using the K-lite codec pack (I've been its strongest advocate on this forum previously) but some inline browser shit wants to see Quicktime, so I had (reluctantly) installed it, so I could view inline shit.

After they fucked with my shit, though, they can eat me, I'll view shit offline, thanks.

Fuckers.
anthonyk
08-23-2010, 07:38 AM
Yes, the iPad is slow as fuck.

:skep: Never seen a three-hour update, even with a full-on backup and restore (with a crapload of content on the device).

I use VLC mostly, even on the mac.
caveman
08-23-2010, 08:49 AM
There is a solution to all your problems.....

Linux Redhat.....

Got to know how computer language really works but there is no problems with the viruses that windows gets and you don't the proprietary fuck you in the ass-ery that Apple gives you.:dthumb:
Papa_Complex
08-23-2010, 09:59 AM
There is a solution to all your problems.....

Linux Redhat.....

Got to know how computer language really works but there is no problems with the viruses that windows gets and you don't the proprietary fuck you in the ass-ery that Apple gives you.:dthumb:

Sure, if you want to be a computer tech instead of a user. Most people don't.
VatorMan
08-23-2010, 10:01 AM
If they're taking three hours to update, your computer is slow as fuck.

I'm too cheap to upgrade my laptop at home since all it used for is home bullshit. So yes-it is slow as fuck. :lol
Cass
08-24-2010, 01:17 PM
Can't buy avast's full internet security package because their zip code tables aren't correct/up to date - they don't think my zip code matches my city. Turns out... I live here... :rolleyes:
LeeNetworX
08-25-2010, 10:30 AM
There is a solution to all your problems.....

Linux Redhat.....

Got to know how computer language really works but there is no problems with the viruses that windows gets and you don't the proprietary fuck you in the ass-ery that Apple gives you.:dthumb:

http://img.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/tdomf/90238/LINUX-GAY-500x441.jpg