In Media Player: View -> Options -> Advanced tab change the HTTP settings to No proxy, or configure your appropriate proxy settings Gavin :: > What classic MS, their newest critical alert dealing with the Gopher Root > Vulnerability discussed on Security Focus last week > [http://online.securityfocus.com/news/464] seems to break windows media > player. > > Is there any validity to this- and, does their fix work? > > More info on the microsoft critical alert: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/ > bulletin/MS02-027.asp > More info on the breakage: http://www.pivx.com/workaround_fail.html > > -masqitz > >