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media player freezes when click on internet audio links
  1. #1


    StephanieVM Guest

    media player freezes when click on internet audio links

    I have a new Toshiba Satellite with Windows Vista. Whenever I click on an
    internet audio site, for example NPR hourly broadcast, or a site's link to
    listen to christmas carols, the Windows Media player opens, the wheel spins
    as if it is opening the audio bit, but then nothing happens. At this point I
    am not able to click on anything in the window - I have to close my session
    completely to get out of that frozen mode. If I put a CD into the drive, it
    plays on WMP without a problem. I am a techo-idiot, so I have no clue where
    to even start to find or fix this problem. Can anyone PLEASE help me? Thank
    you!!



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  2. #2


    zachd [MSFT] Guest

    Re: media player freezes when click on internet audio links


    Do local audio files work? Do local video files work?
    I'd suspect that there's something wrong with the networking here. How are
    you connected to the Internet?

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    "StephanieVM" <StephanieVM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:1B1C2388-F527-4D19-88BE-2B46FC60B76C@xxxxxx

    >I have a new Toshiba Satellite with Windows Vista. Whenever I click on an
    > internet audio site, for example NPR hourly broadcast, or a site's link to
    > listen to christmas carols, the Windows Media player opens, the wheel
    > spins
    > as if it is opening the audio bit, but then nothing happens. At this point
    > I
    > am not able to click on anything in the window - I have to close my
    > session
    > completely to get out of that frozen mode. If I put a CD into the drive,
    > it
    > plays on WMP without a problem. I am a techo-idiot, so I have no clue
    > where
    > to even start to find or fix this problem. Can anyone PLEASE help me?
    > Thank
    > you!!


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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