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Windows Media Player....should I be concerned!
Hello-I purchased a new laptop that has about 12 programs according to my
"add/remove programs" section. Yesterday, while I was on the internet(dial-up) a message popped up from my system tray something along the lines that "Viewpoint Manager updates are being search for..". So I clicked "x" to stop it. So I went to "add/remove programs" and it now reads "Viewpoint Manager (remove only) Size 1.45MB". I confident that the Viewpoint Manager program was not on the list originally and only appeared after I click the "x"! Meanwhile, the program listed after Viewpoint Manager is "Viewpoint Media Player Size .70MB". So then I felt a little at ease to know that VP Manager is probably associated with VP Media Player. The odd thing though is that when I click on my "Windows Media Player" icon thats located on my desktop its Windows Media Player 9.0. When I went into properties I was hoping it would show something about Viewpoint Manager but it doesn't. So it leads me to believe that I have Windows Media Player and Viewpoint Media Player. The odd thing is that I can't seem to find a way to OPEN Viewpoint Media Player. So I went to Viewpoint.com this morning and read something along the lines that Viewpoint Manager by default automatically looks for updates DAILY and that Viewpoint Manager is typically installed on a pc because its part of a larger program such as AIM to view rich, 3-D graphics. In addition, I installed ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5 today and now a ZA progam alert message appears asking me if I want to allow/deny access for Viewpoint Manger to access the internet. For now, I'm clicking on "deny" until I find out if Viewpoint Media Player and Viewpoint Manager is safe to use. By the way, I have installed Roxio 5.0 and Intervideo WinDVD. Maybe Viewpoint Media Player was part of their installation process but I dont know. In conclusion, I just want to see what I need to do with Viewpoint Media Player and Viewpoint Manager. In otherwords, should I delete them because my security is at risk? Should I not allow Viewpoint Manager access the internet for updates? Should I delete Viewpoint Media Player and Viewpoint Manager but then will I not have a Media player to play music, etc? And so on and so on. Any advice would be greatly appreciate. I will check this post periodically for suggestions. Thank you. Rochelle. -- Thank You! |
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Windows Media Player....should I be concerned!
Do a Google search on Viewpoint etc and see if you are then provided with
info on what it is that insatlled itself. "cmptr_iliterate" wrote in message ... Hello-I purchased a new laptop that has about 12 programs according to my "add/remove programs" section. Yesterday, while I was on the internet(dial-up) a message popped up from my system tray something along the lines that "Viewpoint Manager updates are being search for..". So I clicked "x" to stop it. So I went to "add/remove programs" and it now reads "Viewpoint Manager (remove only) Size 1.45MB". I confident that the Viewpoint Manager program was not on the list originally and only appeared after I click the "x"! Meanwhile, the program listed after Viewpoint Manager is "Viewpoint Media Player Size .70MB". So then I felt a little at ease to know that VP Manager is probably associated with VP Media Player. The odd thing though is that when I click on my "Windows Media Player" icon thats located on my desktop its Windows Media Player 9.0. When I went into properties I was hoping it would show something about Viewpoint Manager but it doesn't. So it leads me to believe that I have Windows Media Player and Viewpoint Media Player. The odd thing is that I can't seem to find a way to OPEN Viewpoint Media Player. So I went to Viewpoint.com this morning and read something along the lines that Viewpoint Manager by default automatically looks for updates DAILY and that Viewpoint Manager is typically installed on a pc because its part of a larger program such as AIM to view rich, 3-D graphics. In addition, I installed ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5 today and now a ZA progam alert message appears asking me if I want to allow/deny access for Viewpoint Manger to access the internet. For now, I'm clicking on "deny" until I find out if Viewpoint Media Player and Viewpoint Manager is safe to use. By the way, I have installed Roxio 5.0 and Intervideo WinDVD. Maybe Viewpoint Media Player was part of their installation process but I dont know. In conclusion, I just want to see what I need to do with Viewpoint Media Player and Viewpoint Manager. In otherwords, should I delete them because my security is at risk? Should I not allow Viewpoint Manager access the internet for updates? Should I delete Viewpoint Media Player and Viewpoint Manager but then will I not have a Media player to play music, etc? And so on and so on. Any advice would be greatly appreciate. I will check this post periodically for suggestions. Thank you. Rochelle. -- Thank You! |
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