WMPlayer connect/disconnect

Vista Home Premium
Don't know if this is a network problem or not but since it involves
WMPlayer.exe, I'm posting here.

Since yesterday I get a Connect/Disconnect tone on my PC every few seconds.
On opening Process Explorer and watching the services, I notice that on
each Connect tone, WMPlayer appears indented under mobsync.exe. On each
Disconnect tone, WMPlayer disappears.
I tried killing both processes (mobsync and wmplayer, but it seems to
make no difference. What is causing this and how do I gt rid of it?

Hi,

In the media player settings, it is set to automatically check for updates?

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"j lunis" <> wrote in message
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> Vista Home Premium
> Don't know if this is a network problem or not but since it involves
> WMPlayer.exe, I'm posting here.
>
> Since yesterday I get a Connect/Disconnect tone on my PC every few
> seconds.
> On opening Process Explorer and watching the services, I notice that on
> each Connect tone, WMPlayer appears indented under mobsync.exe. On each
> Disconnect tone, WMPlayer disappears.
> I tried killing both processes (mobsync and wmplayer, but it seems to make
> no difference. What is causing this and how do I gt rid of it?

Rick Rogers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the media player settings, it is set to automatically check for updates?
>

Uncertain. Under Media Player options,
Automatic Updates is checked for Once a Month.
Connect to the Internet is unchecked.

Can I just delete it from Vista? Never use it.

Hi,

Delete? No. Disable, yes.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"j lunis" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Rick Rogers wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In the media player settings, it is set to automatically check for
>> updates?
>>
>
> Uncertain. Under Media Player options,
> Automatic Updates is checked for Once a Month.
> Connect to the Internet is unchecked.
>
> Can I just delete it from Vista? Never use it.

Check for Updates in Windows Vista is just a filtered view of Windows Update
and generally will not be interesting as a trouble-shooting method at this
time. The normal Windows Updates update check would be much more
interesting to ensure being up-to-date on. =\

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"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> In the media player settings, it is set to automatically check for
> updates?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "j lunis" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Vista Home Premium
>> Don't know if this is a network problem or not but since it involves
>> WMPlayer.exe, I'm posting here.
>>
>> Since yesterday I get a Connect/Disconnect tone on my PC every few
>> seconds.
>> On opening Process Explorer and watching the services, I notice that on
>> each Connect tone, WMPlayer appears indented under mobsync.exe. On each
>> Disconnect tone, WMPlayer disappears.
>> I tried killing both processes (mobsync and wmplayer, but it seems to
>> make no difference. What is causing this and how do I gt rid of it?
>