Windows Media Player Not Finding Internet

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Ron Hardin

On a cold start (say starting from Total Recorder early in the
morning) Windows Media Player, instead of connecting to the router
and DSL that's been on for weeks, puts up a box

Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the
file is located on the Internet, connect to the
Internet. If the file is located a removable storage
card, insert the storage card.

If you click ``Close'' it then connects to the internet and
plays the streaming URL desired.

But it wants you to click on Close.

What's out of adjustment here?

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"Ron Hardin" <rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> On a cold start (say starting from Total Recorder early in the
> morning) Windows Media Player, instead of connecting to the router
> and DSL that's been on for weeks, puts up a box
>
> Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the
> file is located on the Internet, connect to the
> Internet. If the file is located a removable storage
> card, insert the storage card.
>
> If you click ``Close'' it then connects to the internet and
> plays the streaming URL desired.
>
> But it wants you to click on Close.
>
> What's out of adjustment here?
>

This sounds a bit like my Internet Explorer (or indeed anything else that
wants internet access). After a reboot, opening IE brings up a page not
found error (default page is Google). Just highlighting the URL and hitting
return and it works. Similarly anything that makes the first internet
access attempt after a boot will fail, but works perfectly thereafter.

I haven't got the foggiest idea why though.
 
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