redir metaservices.micrpsoft.com - Windows media cripplware issues

All was well on my computer until I installed windows media player 11.0 my
first issue:

When trying to fetch album information i get "redir
metaservices.micrpsoft.com" this program cannot display teh webpage.

When running media player the "wm_setup.exe" has to run every so often to
install something. I turned OFF all possible automatic procedures like
update from the player configuration and yet it runs this mosule endlessly
and pointlessly.

Installation of the mediaplayer 11.0 has crippled my zapit "iepg" online
service to conveinantly record TV shows .

From these items I deduce that installing Windows media player 11 has made
some core changes to my Internet explored that has damaged there OWN album
information service as well as other online services that need to interface
with your system to relay key data to apps that are requesting it thoutgh
some IE interface.

Or is it possibly that Microsoft is now piping all Windows media player
though a site on there server "initated by the wmsetup.exe which seems to be
running all the time" to gather information about the users but at the same
time have a bug in routing this information to the third partys like the
album service and iepg?

You see I've known MS did this kind of stuff in the past and drove me crazy
then also. But from reading all this forums messages on metaservices
crippling and no feasable working fixes are available makes me think that MS
is up to its old trick.

In any case if anyone knows of a way around any of these issues please hollar.

Duftopia
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