Windows Media Event Sink - What is it?

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From: Dan Smith (wordsmith_at_austin.rr.com)
Date: 05/10/04 

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 12:05:24 GMT

I have noticed a serious decline in performance lately, and when that is
going on and I reboot, I get a dialog that says "Windows Media Event Sink"
is not responding. I usually have to end the program deliberately to go
ahead and reboot. Does anyone have an idea what this is and why it has
decided to give trouble? Do I need it for anything critical, and if not, how
do I disable it?

Athlon 1 gig chip with 750+ meg of RAM, Windows 2000 Professional with all
critical updates installed. Lots of free disk space and AV and firewall up
and running (using Computer Associates EZ Armor from Roadrunner).

Thanks in advance.

P.S.: I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this question, so if I'm
in the wrong place and you know where I should ask, please inform.