What would've been a much better idea is to build a web configuration utility and give people the choice to configure it from their computer.

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If shutting down an application frees a lot of memory and doesn't cause problems, look at the listings in the System Configuration Utility's Startup tab for those same tray programs you deem unnecessary--for example, the RealPlayer StartCenter.

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