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Windows Media Player 11 is able to look for information about CD, DVD, or the running file. The information that is taken from the Internet is the singer name, the title of the song and the album title.

If you have a music file which is completed with the singer but not completed with the album title, then the Windows Media Player will complete the information with the album title that is taken from the internet. All of that information is taken from the WindowsMedia.com which was prepared by Microsoft.

As the facility is active, it means that several data is sent to the internet. Well, this can be a great chance for cracker to use this line to disturb your privacy. If you are worried about your privacy, then you better turn this facility off.

This is some tips and steps to stop it:

1. Run the Group Policy Editor, by clicking [Start] then write “gpedit.msc”, then press [Enter].

2. Get into the sub folder Windows Media Player in the folder Local Computer Policy-User Configuration-Administrative Templates-Windows Components-.

3. Search [Prevent CD and DVD Media Information Retrieval]. If you find it, make a double click.

4. Click [Enabled] to inactivate the information downloading about CD and DVD.

5. Click [OK].

6. Double click [Prevent File Music Media Information Retrieval] until the information about music file on the hard disk is not downloaded

7. On Prevent “File Music Media Information Retrieval Properties” activate the [Enabled], and then click [OK].

8. Last, close the windows Group Policy Editor.

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