Whatta Cutie! Papayas are fun to grow here, until the Papaya Wasp ruins the fruits. Ugh! Still, they are very pretty trees! Good luck with your new baby! Lisa

cricketm- It may depend on the version you have installed, but it will be something like this: For Quicktime: Start Quicktime; click on Edit / Preferences / QT Preferences / Advanced. There should be a checkbox relating to Show Tray Icon. I believe that, if it's checked, the program begins at Startup; if it's not checked, it doesn't. For RealPlayer: Follow the directions in the link below...which are generally good for stopping other things too. Don't uncheck things if you don't know what they are, but obvious things like iTunes, or Adobe Acrobat can be unchecked. This is also another way of stopping QuickTime from running at start up if my directions above don't work for you. When you prevent things like RealPlayer from starting up, you do no harm. If you need them, you can always start them like any program, or sometimes clicking on a video will cause the program to start up. All you are sacrificing is having to wait a couple of seconds longer for something to start playing. But by not letting it run every time you boot up, you are freeing precious resources. Sometimes I don't use any video player for days, so I don't want it sitting there occupying my RAM on the off-chance that I'll be using it. Here is a link that might be useful: Prevent RealPlayer Running at Startup

Might want to look at 'Real Alternative' plays most of the Real files in old fashioned windows media player. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

While various little known programs exist that will convert the ra/rm RealPlayer to common formats, they may be a little hit and miss as to how well they work. A quick look at the Real website does show that the newest free version of RealPlayer for Windows does in fact have the capability to convert and transfer your entire library to a portable device. (See link below.) As a side note: There has been rumors of Microsoft discontinuing Zune hardware but Microsoft claims that they are simply just not bringing out new models, will be continuing the current models, and will continue to incorporate Zune into Windows based mobile phones. Here is a link that might be useful: RealPlayer Help