I have not been following this thread closely so if this is wrong please ignore. We saw an issue whereby with using NTLM auth Windows Media Player would not talk NTLM and fell back to basic. The issue is caused by a MS bug (found on an MS forum) the fix is that you must use a NETBIOS name for the proxy server in the media player options setting. i.e. do not fully qualify the proxy name. strange but it worked for us with approx 1k+ hosts. chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ West Australian Newspapers Group ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Privacy and Confidentiality Notice The information contained herein and any attachments are intended solely for the named recipients. It may contain privileged confidential information. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete the message and any attachments then notify the sender. Any use or disclosure of the contents of either is unauthorised and may be unlawful. Any liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Advertising Terms & Conditions Please refer to the current rate card for advertising terms and conditions. The rate card is available on request or via www.thewest.com.au Unsubscribe If you do not wish to receive emails such as this in future please reply to it with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.