"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> You shouldn't need to redownload the CRL each time, to my knowledge. It
> sounds like the player is unable to save data to your system in some
> fashion... ? Can you right-click in IE on images in web pages and Save
> Picture As on a file and have an option other than BMP? (If it only saves
> to BMP, that means you have cache corruption.)

Yes, I can save, say, jpeg's via IE6 context menus.

One thing that's weird about the problem I'm describing is that it's
unpredicatbly intermittent. Yesterday, I was was able to open any of the
DRM-licensed WMV files I tried *without* needing to be online. I *thought*
perhaps this was because of something I tried, namely re-assigning WMP as the
default player for WMV files (I had made a different player the default a few
months ago.)

But alas, today I tried opening several of the same files in WMP and was
back to where they wouldn't play unless I was online upon opening, allowing
the CRL to be redownloaded (for whatever reason). BTW, I checked to ensure
WMP was still assigned as the default program for WMV's. This is really
strange.

>
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> Now Playing: "When the Saints go Marching In" by "Louis Armstrong" in WMP10.
> --
>
> "Rick216" <Rick216@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4641921E-A6DE-4F09-A09D-21FD33343CA6@microsoft.com...
> >I sometimes purchase and download DRM protected WMV video files for WMP 9
> > (Windows 98). The first time I play each file I go through the required
> > online licensing process (and I do backup my licenses).
> >
> > But most of the time these files will not open on subsequent plays unless
> > I
> > am online each time I open them. I don't have to go through the
> > licensing
> > process again, I just have to be online when I try to open the file,
> > otherwise the WMP "opening media..." indicator just shows continually and
> > nothing happens. (After a file is open it is playable offline until I
> > close
> > it.)
> >
> > The file suppliers have told me that this is not normal behavior, and that
> > I
> > shouldn't need to be online other than during the intial (i.e., licensing)
> > play.
> >
> > I have noticed that when I open the file while online, thus allowing it to
> > play, my firewall log shows that WMPLAYER.EXE has accessed the internet,
> > and
> > the Web History section also shows the entry:
> > "http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA.crl" .
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any ideas on what might be going on and how to fix
> > it.
>
>
>