Removing Windows Media Player from a Server

[Gis Bun]

As it's not (hopefully) required, how do I completely remove Removing Windows
Media Player from a Server from a server installation? It's not in the
Add/Remove Components?

[And why is WMP installed anyway on a server? It shouldn't be required and
it has had almost as much security issues as IE!]

Thanks

Gis

 

[Brad Rutkowski]

Tried this?

If you click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, double-click
Add/Remove Programs, click the Windows Setup tab, click Multimedia, and then
click Details, there is a Media Player check box for adding or removing Media
Player.

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This post is provided as-is and is my opinion, check the facts before doing
anything in production.

http://blogs.technet.com/brad_rutkowski


"Gis Bun" wrote:

> As it's not (hopefully) required, how do I completely remove Removing Windows
> Media Player from a Server from a server installation? It's not in the
> Add/Remove Components?
>
> [And why is WMP installed anyway on a server? It shouldn't be required and
> it has had almost as much security issues as IE!]
>
> Thanks
>
> Gis
>

 

[Gis Bun]

First I'm not to thrilled about your tone.

Second. there is no Windows Setup tab. Just Change/Remove, Add and Windows
components.

> Tried this?
>
> If you click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, double-click
> Add/Remove Programs, click the Windows Setup tab, click Multimedia, and then
> click Details, there is a Media Player check box for adding or removing Media
> Player.
>
> --
> This post is provided as-is and is my opinion, check the facts before doing
> anything in production.
>
> http://blogs.technet.com/brad_rutkowski
>
>
> "Gis Bun" wrote:
>
> > As it's not (hopefully) required, how do I completely remove Removing Windows
> > Media Player from a Server from a server installation? It's not in the
> > Add/Remove Components?
> >
> > [And why is WMP installed anyway on a server? It shouldn't be required and
> > it has had almost as much security issues as IE!]
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Gis
> >