Re: windows media player

thanks for your help also
I will have a go at that

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Disable these two Policy settings:
>
> PreventMusicFileMetadataRetrieval
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...19ee84efd.mspx
>
> -and-
>
> PreventCDDVDMetadataRetrieval
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...9a8e1b8a4.mspx
>
> Note that it can be a per-user or a per-machine setting.
>
> Equivalent registry values:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Wind owsMediaPlayer
> Value: PreventMusicFileMetadataRetrieval [REG_DWORD]
> Value: PreventCDDVDMetadataRetrieval [REG_DWORD]
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Win dowsMediaPlayer
> Value: PreventMusicFileMetadataRetrieval [REG_DWORD]
> Value: PreventCDDVDMetadataRetrieval [REG_DWORD]
>
> Delete the two values in the above registry locations.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "braveart" <braveart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B757AAD2-D7FF-491A-A58F-269D6E466865@microsoft.com...
> on the privacy tab in windows media player the boxes ( display media
> information from the internet ) and ( up date media files from the
> internet )
> are grayed out. also on the libray tab ( automatic media information updates
> for files ) those boxes are grayed out as well . a box comes on saying i
> must
> chang my privacy settings in tools and options. but i have tried everything
> i
> can think of to change but it is no help. i installed safe xp a while ago
> but
> i have taken every tick out of all the boxes but that has made no difference
> i cannot even find safe xp to uninstall it.
> help please.
>
>
>
>