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<blockquote data-quote="Maraxle" data-source="post: 1211170" data-attributes="member: 5538">I downloaded it, used it, and liked it a lot...&nbsp; but then I noticed what else it did to my system.&nbsp; First of all, even though I specifically told it not to, it associated some of my media types with QuickTime.&nbsp; That didn't make me too happy, but was a 5 second fix.&nbsp; The part that really bugs me is what it does to your cdrom drivers.&nbsp; If you look in the task manager, you'll see something running called gearsec.exe.&nbsp; There's also a new driver associated with all of your cdrom drives.&nbsp; It's because of the GEAR software that iTunes uses to burn cds.&nbsp; Why this has to be running all the time, eating up resources, is beyond me.&nbsp; Everything else I have can burn using the standard ASPI drivers that are already there without adding new drivers.&nbsp; Also, there's some iPodService.exe, or something like that, that runs constantly.&nbsp; I had to disable it in the Services dialog.&nbsp; Plus, iTunesHelper.exe.&nbsp; Anyway, to make a long story short, I think it looks cool, and works well, but I don't like when programs install extra things that I don't want or need.&nbsp; So, I ended up going back to my restore point from right before I did the installation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maraxle, post: 1211170, member: 5538"] I downloaded it, used it, and liked it a lot... but then I noticed what else it did to my system. First of all, even though I specifically told it not to, it associated some of my media types with QuickTime. That didn't make me too happy, but was a 5 second fix. The part that really bugs me is what it does to your cdrom drivers. If you look in the task manager, you'll see something running called gearsec.exe. There's also a new driver associated with all of your cdrom drives. It's because of the GEAR software that iTunes uses to burn cds. Why this has to be running all the time, eating up resources, is beyond me. Everything else I have can burn using the standard ASPI drivers that are already there without adding new drivers. Also, there's some iPodService.exe, or something like that, that runs constantly. I had to disable it in the Services dialog. Plus, iTunesHelper.exe. Anyway, to make a long story short, I think it looks cool, and works well, but I don't like when programs install extra things that I don't want or need. So, I ended up going back to my restore point from right before I did the installation. [/QUOTE]

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