Re: Simple question? WMP10 not recognizing album information

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:13:02 -0800, Hoosierhandicapper
<Hoosierhandicapper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I have the latest version of WMP (10.00.00.36.46) on two Dell laptops. On my
>personal one, everything works fine. My work one, however, does not
>automatically recognize any of the artist information when I put a CD in. My
>personal one recognizes the info using the same CD's.
>Is there some setting I need to change so it does this?

Yes, there are options in WMP9 and 10 to retrieve album information
from the internet. If you go to Tools -> Options -> Library :

Check the "Retrieve additional information from the internet" box
"Only add missing information"
"Rename music files using rip music settings"

In addition, it's usually worth checking that Tools -> Options ->
Privacy has the "display media information from the internet" and
"update music files by retrieving media info from the internet" are
also checked,

If you find this doesn't work, you may be being blocked by company
Firewall or, more likely Proxy policy (post back here for suggestions)

Cheers - Neil
.

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