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Also, while it is open, it keeps dominating the pc control by making it the active application every few seconds. If I go to another window it soon reverts back to WMP as the active application.
This is a new computer. It didn't happen at first, but started happening a few days after installing iTunes. I realized I was still running Vista SP1 so I downloaded and installed SP2. It ran for a while ok then after a few hours of running the WMP began opening again.
sometime it starts at startup, and sometime it starts after the computer is up and running. The last time it began happening I was in the middle of another windows software update and was not actively working on the computer. Just letting the update run.
It won't let me disable it with the task manager either. As soon as I stop the application it opens right back up again.
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Hello MikeNevers,
Thank you for your post.
Click 'Start' >Type Services in the search box
Click 'Services' with the gear icon
On the left, find the service for (Windows Media Player)
Double-click the service, and change the startup type from Automatic to Manual.
Please let us know if this did or didn't help to resolve your problem.
Cheers
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I searched my documents and settings map for viruses with the lastest AVG free version and it came up with a trojan horse infection and moved it to the vault. This solved the popping up of WMP :D!
Furthermore the trojan was named "Trojan horse Agent2.BMMK"
Cheers and I hope this was helpfull to some ^^
EDIT: I also have the Lycosa keyboard but have never had a problem with the WMP pop-ups until today. Might have been the keyboard but then again everything went fine after the removal of the trojan.
I am having the same problem with my computer. I just wanted to add a comment about your reply. I followed your steps but, in my startup for Windows Media Player it was already set to Manual. I then set it to "Disable" instead.. This did not help either. It still pops up constantly and along with that, every time it pops up, after about 20-30 seconds it ejects my 'CD port' or whatever you want to call it. If you could please help me with this I would greatly appreciate it. It is getting quite annoying.
Thank you for your time.
Hey KGL,
I was battling the same problem for days. It's not a hardware problem or an operating system problem. I can't speak for other versions but I am using MP 11. I'm running good ol XP and a logitech keyboard. My solution was to uninstall Media Player and then re-install it. It took several tries because it keeps on re-appearing in Task Manager even after you turn it off (It stops what's playing but pops back up within seconds). So when you try to remove it in Add or Remove Programs, it comes up saying the program is in use...keep at it...you have to be quick...lol. Just download and install it from Microsoft and poof...Bob's your uncle. I too have VLC and have not had an issue with it. All my music and videos defaulted to VLC when I uninstalled Media Player but it all came back upon re-installation. Good Luck!
The turning features off works but when I install a third party like VLC, instead of WMP popping up, VLC starts popping up instead. It seems to affect every media player I have. Any solutions please!
