windows media player auto download of codec?

From: Les Caudle (very@tiredofspam.com)
Date: 08/30/02


From: Les Caudle <very@tiredofspam.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:47:22 -0500


I have all the security updates installed. Is it normal for windows
media player to display found web site and downloading codec when
attempting to play an mpg file?

I would like to be able to prevent this. This seems risky to me.

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Thanks in advance, Les Caudle


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