1. Bring up the system tray dialog with insert f11. 2. Arrow down the listview until you reach real player and hit enter. 3. It will bring up a context menu, arrow down to preferences and hit enter. 4. A dialog will come up of the real player preferences, make sure you are on the general page. 5. Tab until you reach the second settings button and hit enter. This is the one for the start center. If you want to verify it, when you reach the second settings button, route jaws to pc and arrow up a few times. Then switch back to pc and tab to the settings button. Hit enter on the settings button. 6. You are now placed within the "Start Center" settings page. Tab to the enable start center checkbox and uncheck it with the space bar. 7. Real player will bring up a confirmation page that will ask if you are sure you want to disable start center. Tab to the yes button and hit enter. 8. You will be back on the enable start center page, tab to okay and hit enter. 9. Now you are back on the preferences page, tab to okay and hit enter. 10. You will then be back in the real player window.