"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "news.microsoft.com" <none@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Can someone please tell me how to STOP WindowsMediaPlayer and it's
>> related crap from starting at startup? I don't use it and it eats up RAM.
>> I can't see it in msconfig so where do I go to STOP it from loading? The
>> frustration doesn't end and there are no help files with Vista telling
>> people how to get rid of stuff they don't want or how to STOP it from
>> using resources when it's not used or wanted.
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>> Also, what is MS Feeds Synchronizations and why is it accessing the net
>> constantly?
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> Where did you get this computer with Vista pre-installed? Because it seems
> to me that you got some kind of a jacked-up installation of Vista
> installed on the computer. There is no way WMP should be starting at
> start-up, unless that install person did it, just like you have an auto
> login that should have never happened. This is a HP computer. Task manager shows 3 processes for WMP running,
eating up almost 4,000k of RAM.
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> If you have a whole lot of issues with Vista, and you do seem to be having
> a whole lot of issues, then you need to format the HD and take the Recover
> DVD(s), if you got them from the computer manufacturer or you created them
> as the very first thing you should have done when you got the computer
> with Vista pre-installed, and you should reinstall the O/S.
Why? How will that fix anything? It's the same OS that's installed on the
PC with the same preinstalled stuff from HP. WMP is a MS product, not a HP
product.
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> Of course, you would have to go back to the computer manufacture's Web
> site to download drivers and other software that pertains to the make and
> model of the O/S and install them too.
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> An install can go wrong and can be jacked-up.
A reformat wont fix the aggravation with the UAs. I turned that off. It
wont add an ad-blocker to IE7. The PC is new and shouldn't already need
drivers.