how do I get Apple stuff to quit loading at startup?

[BirdDad]

I do not want itunes helper loading itself at startup,I do not find any option in the itunes options to turn this off,what am I missing?

 

[CKent]

Uninstall?

Edit: This probably looks like generic Apple-bashing, it's not, I meant it. I never installed any of that crap nor itunes, and my ipod works just fine. I use and recommend Ephpod (freeware) to load music.

 

[dancingwllamas]

I assume you are running windows:

Start>run>msconfig

Go to the startup tab and uncheck the ituneshelper (or something similar) option. This prevents it from starting up when the computer does.

Just be careful that you don't uncheck something that the system needs to boot. Google the names to find out what they are before you disable anything.

 

[BirdDad]

then I wouldn't be able to get songs onto my ipod since Apple discontinued the practice of letting users use their ipod like a harddrive(like other music players)
I still use my ipod some although if there was another program I could be using I would
if I do msconfig then every boot up it gives me a dialog box with a checkbox saying do not show this or launch system configuration utility at startup if I check this then it goes away but the stuff will load at startup I would like it if it didn't show this at all,it is like a nag screen

 

[brandonr23]

download a little app called startup control panel, it gives you power over all the programs that start with windows. i think spybot s&d and crapcleaner have similar functions if you already have them installed. (and u should).

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

start --> run-- msconfig--> startup options.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: BirdDad
then I wouldn't be able to get songs onto my ipod since Apple discontinued the practice of letting users use their ipod like a harddrive(like other music players)

Anyway of getting around that? Firmware rollback? I miss being able to do that.

 

[imported_Imp]

Not much a solution, but for 3 Megabytes, I'd just let it go. I'm also annoyed at it and a bunch of useless Creative stuff starting up, but too lazy to mess with msconfig.

 

[BernardP]

I had QuicktimeTask always running in Systray. I disabled it with msconfig--> startup options, but it would always re-launch itself each time I used Quicktime (viewing movie previews online, mostly).

So I went into Program Files/QuickTime and renamed qttask.exe to qttask.bak. Problem solved for good!

Maybe you can try something similar with ITunes Helper. Just find the exe and rename it.

 

[BirdDad]

I was hoping that there was a setting that I am missing
This sure is crappy that apple doesn't make a setting to disable all this useless crap I never use anyway