[Drammach]

Any standard program can be "un-installed" by going to:
Control Panel
Add Remove Programs.

Try that..

If it doesn't work, and what you have described is the case, then,
Chances are, it's NOT QuickTime, but a virus or SpyWare..
You will need to run some anti-spyware programs or anti-virus programs to rid yourself of your problem..

[JoJo Gunn]

It's not necessarily spyware.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/waroftheworlds/

That link is an example of what happens with QuickTime if you don't have it installed. You want to see the trailer, you have to install QT. What you get is a little installer/controller, and that's what you see in the tray on the bottom right. Dialup users discover that controller grabs a file that's several megs in size. And if the connection fails, you still have that dang first piece to always pester you, and the only way to get rid of it is to remove it from the registry.

I absolutely loathe online software installation.

Here's what you'll need to find and remove in the registry. If you're not sure about doing it or how, get someone else to do it.

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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\ActiveX]
"UpdateXNow"=dword:00000001
"QTVersion"=dword:00000000
"QTTask"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\qttask.exe"
"QTTaskRunFlags"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\ActiveX\Installed MIME Types]
"video/quicktime"="mov,qt"
"image/x-macpaint"="pntg,pnt,mac"
"image/x-quicktime"="qtif,qti"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\Installed Plugins]
"DeferredMutexName"="QTMLDeferredPluginUpdateMutex"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\Installed MIME Types]
"video/quicktime"="mov,qt"
"image/x-macpaint"="pntg,pnt,mac"
"image/x-quicktime"="qtif,qti"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\Registry Backup]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\Registry Backup\EmbedExtnToClsidMappings]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\Registry Backup\EmbedExtnToClsidMappings\.qt]
"MIMETypeCount"=dword:00000001
@="clsid:05589fa1-c356-11ce-bf01-00aa0055595a"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\QuickTimeUpdateInProgress]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\Installed Files]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\Installed Files\QTPlugin.ocx]
"Full Path"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\QTPlugin.ocx"
"Uninstall Action"=dword:776F6378


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"QuickTime Task"="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\QTTASK.EXE\" -atboottime"