Median Player

[Victor Laszlo]

There are times when I try to play an AVI file I downloaded from the
net. If the file is defective my system seems to go into an unstable
mode once I enter Windows Explorer. My disk drive just goes crazy and
will not stop churning. I can't figure out whats going on. It just
churns and churns.

Also, I use Zone Alarm and I notice that everytime I bring up the
median player the player tries to access the internet. Zone Alarm
blocks it but why does Microsoft Median Player need to access the Net
at all?

[Victor Laszlo]

Correction: Its not median player, its media pllayer.

On Mon, 29 May 2006 21:28:01 GMT, Victor Laszlo
> wrote:

>There are times when I try to play an AVI file I downloaded from the
>net. If the file is defective my system seems to go into an unstable
>mode once I enter Windows Explorer. My disk drive just goes crazy and
>will not stop churning. I can't figure out whats going on. It just
>churns and churns.
>
>Also, I use Zone Alarm and I notice that everytime I bring up the
>median player the player tries to access the internet. Zone Alarm
>blocks it but why does Microsoft Median Player need to access the Net
>at all?

[decoder]

"Victor Laszlo" > wrote in message
...
> Correction: Its not median player, its media pllayer.
>
> On Mon, 29 May 2006 21:28:01 GMT, Victor Laszlo
> > wrote:
>
>>There are times when I try to play an AVI file I downloaded from the
>>net. If the file is defective my system seems to go into an unstable
>>mode once I enter Windows Explorer. My disk drive just goes crazy and
>>will not stop churning. I can't figure out whats going on. It just
>>churns and churns.
>>
>>Also, I use Zone Alarm and I notice that everytime I bring up the
>>median player the player tries to access the internet. Zone Alarm
>>blocks it but why does Microsoft Median Player need to access the Net
>>at all?
>

Normal, it is searching for the correct codec for the file type being
played.
You should permit.