I guess I'm no power user, either... I had a similar problem (worse, actually -- dismissing the dialog box caused the system to crash!) on my G3 running OS 9.0.4. In my case, nothing short of a re-install of QuickTime made the problem go away.
A note about the installation that might be germane... The latest version of QuickTime runs a "first run" routine on the first reboot after installation. I believe that one of my start-up applications interrupted QuickTime's "first-run" routine somehow. So, when I re-installed, I did it with extensions *and* start-up files disabled. I didn't re-enable anything until the "first-run" routine had executed. I then re-enabled everything and rebooted again. Problem gone... William D. Bandes wrote: >Lately, my boot-ups are interrupted by a screen which says: > >"In order to check for updates of your QuickTime software, the >QuickTime website must be contacted. If you have a dialup >connection make sure it is active, then click the 'Continue' >button to check for the software." > >I went to the QuickTime Settings control panel and made sure >that the "Check for updates automatically" box is unchecked. >I searched my hard drive for anything that might look like it >is causing this, and came up dry. > >I tried deleting the QuickTime Preferences. Nothing works, >the offending screen keeps coming up every time I reboot. >I do have the latest version of QuickTime, I read MacUpdate >every day, I always download the latest version, and I do not >need to keep checking for new versions of QuickTime, which I >use only rarely. > >So, please, what is causing this nuisance screen to keep coming >up, and how do I get rid of it? > >I'll grant that the answer is probably simple, and that my >failure to find it automatically demotes me to low-power-user. > >OS 8.6 on a PowerBook G3. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
