Neil
Fri Jul 11 15:05:06 PDT 2008
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:21:04 -0700, Ellen
<Ellen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Working on upgrading our corporate workstations to WMP10. The first time you
>open the player after installing, a Windows Media Player dialog box pops up
>"Do you want to search your computer for files that have not been added to
>the library yet? If you click No, you can search for files later from the
>Tools menu."
>
>We do not want this message to popup up. Is there a setting to turn this
>off or a way to have this default to no? This install is going out to 5,000+
>workstations and we don't want them searching for files. WMP10 is used
>mainly for playing voice messages in Outlook. We do not allow copying of
>music files to workstations so don't have a need for this.
You might not have found the EDP (enterprise deployment pack) yet
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/enterprise/deploypack.aspx
which may offer some options to lock down the player - not least to
"set and lock skin" and provide a corporate skin without browse
library features.
I haven't tried it with WMP11 install and you'll need to update the
WMP10 image in the package to use WMP11, so I can't speak to if the
library monitor dialog will popup.
Much more detailed info on the EDP is at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457180(TechNet.10).aspx
HTH
Cheers - Neil
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