disable windows media player shop

[luvvbuzz]

when i use media player 10 it always goes online and displays a window showing me mp3s i can purchase in the online shop it uses. i want to get rid of that window and stop it from searching that shop for downloads cos i am totally not interested in it. is there a way to stop it from searching for downloadable mp3s like that?

[guns1inger]

XP Antispy might help. It is a tweaker for the M$ paranoid. From the website :

The xp-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP.
For example, there's a service running in the background which is called 'Automatic Updates'. I don't know what this service transfers from my machine to other machines on the internet, especially the MS ones. So I play it safe and disable such functions. If you like, you can even disable these functions manually, by going through the System and checking or unchecking some checkboxes. This will take you approximately half an hour. But why wast time when a little neat utility can do the same in 1 minute? This utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP. It's customiseable, but comes up with the Default settings, which are recommended.

It can be found here -> http://www.xp-antispy.org/

[Ai Haibara]

I don't use WMP 10, but I have it (though I've never seen the shop). Have you tried examining the options for relevant settings, such as Tools > Options... > Player tab > "Connect to the Internet (overrides other commands)" (uncheck)?

After a quick look, I'm not sure, but you might check the Player, Library and Privacy tabs in the Options.


(Edit: Sorry, it's 3AM, and my mind's probably gone. ^_^; )

[thecoalman]

After a quick look, I'm not sure, but you might check the Player, Library and Privacy tabs in the Options.

I use it somewhat and I have all those settings unchecked... to tell you ythe truth I have no idea what's he's talking about because I even went and looked and can't find any "shop"... :P

[luvvbuzz]

i was unable to find anything in the privacy options, or any of the options come to think of that, i spose i could stop it going online by blocking internet access in my zone alarm but then i wont be able to watch streaming media

[CrayonEater]

Just select "Work Offline". Or restrict it from connecting to the net via firewall, which is a good idea anyway. It should still work with embedded media.

Regardless, you still should use XP-Antispy though, particularly to disable scripts from running.

[thecoalman]

i was unable to find anything in the privacy options, or any of the options come to think of that, i spose i could stop it going online by blocking internet access in my zone alarm but then i wont be able to watch streaming media

Ihave it blocked via firewall too which is maybe why I can't find this shop. It will work fine for video embedded in the pages, it won't work for direct links. You have to do a "save as" and open from your harddrive.

[luvvbuzz]

ok cheers for all your replies, im gonna go with the block it from firewall idea.

[punktdawg]

Click the button that says "More Info" in the library, that should get rid of it. LAWL