Writing to the desktop and taskbar without asking is so 2001.
Permalink, Who Asked?

Don't recall being asked if safari and quicktime could write themselves there. Apple supposedly prides itself on its out of box experience OOBE. Fails miserably in this instance. I had to delete it off the desktop too.
Slim Pickens: This kind of behaviour has annoyed for me as long as Windows has been around. I regard it as a form of trespass. I wonder that there hasn't been a class action in the US on this line. It's like ordering something and having it delivered to your home and while the delivery guys are there they rearrange the lounge room for you.

Most of these TSRs are a waste computing resources which ultimately have an environmental impact in that we need better equipped computers to keep up with it. A helper app in case you decide to open a pdf - it will open it faster for you!?! Well that comes in handy at least once a week.

The leased staff lap-tops that I have some tech support responsibility for usually arrive with every known TSR installed so there's hardly any room left on the task bar. The staff wonder why their laptops takes so long to load up. And then we'll be getting Vista. Aaaggh!
cam: My PC is Vista. It is a dog. Seriously. I only bought it last year because I was doing windows development work. If I hadn't of had that restriction I would not have got it.
ucblockhead: Apple is the worst. Quicktime will put it there every damn time you upgrade iTunes, and there appears to be no settings that will convince it not to.

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