RE: prevent ripping cd in media player?

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Hello Eddy,

Thank you for posting.

From your post, my understanding on this issue is: You want to know how to
prevent the user from ripping CDs to HDD in Windows Media Player by group
policy . If I'm off base, please feel free to let me know.

Based on my research, we can not disable the CD ripping function of Windows
Media player by group policy.

I completely understand your frustrations with this issue and I want to
thank you for your feedback on our products.? Please understand that we
strive to capture any and all product feedback so as to ensure that we are
continuously developing Microsoft products to meet and satisfy the needs of
as many customers as possible.? Unfortunately, some problems may inevitably
arise.? We do try to resolve these problems to the best of our ability.? We
do appreciate the feedback we receive from our customers such as yours and
your feedback is taken very seriously.

I will forward your comments to the appropriate development and usability
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Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Is there a way to prevent the ripping of CDs to the hard drive on Windows
Media Player? I don't want to completely disable it, but I want the CD to
be
required in order to play music. I don't see anything like that in the
wmplayer.adm

Please help. Thank you.
--
Eddy - MCSE


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