For over a year now, I have refused to install Real Player on ANY of my computers. I had reached the point where I just couldn’t justify the need for it, in return for the loads of other crap it installed, the way it slowed down the computer, etc.
Someone has finally taken the time to go through the whole install procedure and describe, step by step, how to install Real Player without having it take over everything, etc…
It’s an interesting read: http://home.comcast.net/~leeandheather/tutorials/realone.htm