BBC iPlayer Download Manager

[Rik]

Thanks for posting that Rik - it's Saturday and reading the papers in bed takes precendence over the computer.

Very sensible.  

[krysia]

Thank you both for those really clear instructions - I also found an ATI Hotkey Poller that I don't need to run and removed that at the same time I removed Kservice from MSCONFIG, so the default position now is that neither BBC iPlayer nor 4oD will open unless I re-tick the Kservice box, which is just what I wanted, as I'm not likely to use either of them very often.  (A tip for others who are new to this, as I was:  if you permanently disable a service and then want to enable it temporarily, tick the relevant box and then exit without restarting.)

[Rik]

Good tip, Krysia. I use the two applets to kill off all sorts of unwanted detritus, the ATI poller being an obvious one.

[krysia]

Anyone know what the difference is between KHost and KServices?  Now that I've disabled the latter, I've found that I can still open the iPlayer and 4oD (by right-clicking and clicking 'open' but not by double-clicking the icon) and then KHost appears in the Task Manager processes, whereas before it was KServices.  I'm hoping it means it allows the programme to download what I want but not for stuff to be uploaded from my computer.

[Rik]

A quick Google came up with this, Krysia:

The khost.exe process is used by the kontiki 'delivery management system' (DMS). The Kontiki DMS system is used to share and track files across a network or the internet. If you access data that is provided using the Kontiki DMS system you should leave this process running. Otherwise, it can be terminated.

[krysia]

Thanks for that, Rik - I'd googled before posting and seen that explanation but didn't know how to interpret it!  I wasn't sure if it meant it just delivers the files to the computer or that it delivers them both to and from the computer.

[Rik]

I read it as you need it to access the files, regardless of sharing, Krysia.