Why does Media Player keep trying to access the net?

[griobhta]

Hello there,

Every time I watch a movie with media player 7.1 after about a minute Zone Alarm catches it trying to access the net. What is this all about? It really does my nut when I am sitting across the room and watching a film on full screen when it switches back to normal mode.

I don't wan't to completely stop it from connecting to the net as it sometimes needs to download codecs.

What is going on here and can it be stopped?

Griobhta

[howste]

I think it is checking for an updated version of the software. I've noticed it doing this sometimes too. Go to Tools -> Options and on the Player tab look at the Auto Upgrade settings. There doesn't seem to be a way to disable it completely, but you can have it only check once a month.

[Fingers]

Yep... I'd say it's AutoUpgrade

Q278960 - How To Disable AutoUpgrade with Windows Media Player

[griobhta]

Well had WM already set to check for update once a month. Changed the registry as the link suggested Fingers but no joy. Well see how it works after a reboot I suppose.

Griobhta

EDIT

Nope no joy after a reboot. Didn't really think it would make much of a change. Ony other ideas????