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== Default Settings ==
Why are they so hard to find? I've installed Winamp, and associated it with every file format it knows, but the "default music player" is set to iTunes.

Annoyances, and sometimes solutions.

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So many reboots!

Just is the initial setup, without installing my own software preferences, I must have been required to reboot a half-dozen times. No workaround on this one.

Automatic Update

I told it I don't want automatic updates, but it keeps nagging. [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000294.html This blog] contains a lot of info around Auto Update settings. [http://www.egreeley.com/messages/1899.html This message] suggests disabling the Auto Update Service.

Norton Antivirus

is also nagging me, but I don't want to install it. I plan on installing Trend Micro, so [http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10168_7-5543538-1.html this article] may be useful in taming the beast.

Default Settings

Why are they so hard to find? I've installed Winamp, and associated it with every file format it knows, but the "default music player" is set to iTunes.

iDIAcomputing: WindowsXpAnnoyances (last edited 2013-01-16 17:01:03 by GeorgeDinwiddie)