How to

If you clicked on "Help" the following window should have opened:

Note: If you click on "Version Info" from this window all the various codecs will be displayed. The "Check for Update" tab will prompt you to download the most recent version (and perhaps the one that you have to pay for).

Now you will want to click on the "View" tab

Note: Notice the "speed" that the file is playing - 34kbps (if you are not connected at a "faster" rate than this you will experience "buffering"

After you have clicked on "View" you should click on "Preferences" from the drop down menu and the following window should open:

The "General" tab is the one that is "Up" or open... There is only one setting on this tab that needs to be adjusted & while it has nothing to do with the way that Real Player performs it does affect the way your computer performs. IF your computer has the Real Player Icon on the task bar when you start up you are using 5 to 8% of your resources from start-up! (Get a few of those and it is no wonder why your computer is slow!).

Unless you are constantly using Real Player there is no reason for this to be running in the back ground. See the blue Real Player icon in the next to the bottom of the graphic? Click on the settings tab and this window will open:

Uncheck the "Enable StartCenter" box - when you do the following window will open:

See, Real Networks wants to push their product in your face all the time - which is ok....unless you don't want it that way! (They also want you to pay for and subscribe to their other services - which is ok too...unless you don't want to).

Click "Yes" on this screen and then "OK" on the next screen (which is the previous window with the "check-mark" removed.

To open Real Player without it being on the task bar, just click on any Real Player file and the program will open.

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02.08.2005