Windows Media Player.

[Seamus123]

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[Quoll]

What OS and what version of Media Player.

Btw there are free alternatives to most of microsloths software.

 

[Seamus123]

XP SP2 and WMP11.

I know there are alternatives to Microsoft's stuff but I can't fault WMP except for this pesky thing. And I'd rather try and get it fixed than go about finding something else.

 

[Quoll]

Have you tried going to run and type msconfig and go to the start up tab and uncheck media player from there?

 

[Weird Harold]

When I press Ctrl - Alt - Delete to bring up the Task Manager, WMP is running. I didn't ask it to start, and I don't have it set to load up when I turn on the computer; if I want it, i'll ask for it. When I end the process in the task manager, it keeps starting again and again, possibly 10 times before it gets the picture and doesn't load again. Anyone know how I can stop it running unnecessarily?

Check and see if you have WMP set to automatically check for updates. Since you aren't seeing an open window with WMP in it, I suspect that what you're seeing is only the automaic update portion or some other monitoring function. If you can turn that function off, it will stop loading.