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Win XP SP2
Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe they
may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How can I find
out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is there a program
that will alert me when a port is being opened or at least attempting
to open? I recently installed a new program with has caused other
problems and I believe this could be another problem.

Thanks

Lookout wrote:
> Win XP SP2
> Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
> don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe they
> may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How can I find
> out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is there a program
> that will alert me when a port is being opened or at least attempting
> to open? I recently installed a new program with has caused other
> problems and I believe this could be another problem.

ZoneAlarm

guess the only way (that i know anway) to check is run a netstat when your
not playing this file and noting how many ports are open (established) and
then running a netstat when the .wmv file is playing


"Lookout" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Win XP SP2
> Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
> don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe they
> may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How can I find
> out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is there a program
> that will alert me when a port is being opened or at least attempting
> to open? I recently installed a new program with has caused other
> problems and I believe this could be another problem.
>
> Thanks

yep zone alarm tends to block everything

what programme have you downloaded by the way?

"Rôgêr" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Lookout wrote:
>> Win XP SP2
>> Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
>> don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe they
>> may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How can I find
>> out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is there a program
>> that will alert me when a port is being opened or at least attempting
>> to open? I recently installed a new program with has caused other
>> problems and I believe this could be another problem.
>
> ZoneAlarm

"Lookout" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Win XP SP2
> Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
> don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe they
> may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How can I find
> out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is there a program
> that will alert me when a port is being opened or at least attempting
> to open? I recently installed a new program with has caused other
> problems and I believe this could be another problem.
>
> Thanks

CurrPorts will tell you in real time what ports are open and what sites they
are talking to:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html
Can also close ports (temporially) too. No install. Just run the
executiable.
--
pcbuilder98

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:05:00 -0500, Rôgêr <> wrote:

>Lookout wrote:
>> Win XP SP2
>> Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
>> don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe they
>> may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How can I find
>> out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is there a program
>> that will alert me when a port is being opened or at least attempting
>> to open? I recently installed a new program with has caused other
>> problems and I believe this could be another problem.
>
>ZoneAlarm

I don't have ZoneAlarm installed.
And the only change was that one program and I can't see a video
program BLOCKING a port.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:40:53 -0600, "pcbuilder98" <pcbuilder98@_.com>
wrote:

>"Lookout" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> Win XP SP2
>> Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
>> don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe they
>> may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How can I find
>> out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is there a program
>> that will alert me when a port is being opened or at least attempting
>> to open? I recently installed a new program with has caused other
>> problems and I believe this could be another problem.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>CurrPorts will tell you in real time what ports are open and what sites they
>are talking to:
>http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html
>Can also close ports (temporially) too. No install. Just run the
>executiable.

Thanks. If I've reading this correctly trying to run one of the WMVs
doesn't seem to open or try to open a port. I guess that means this
isn't the problem. These are WMVs that others can open with no
problem. WMP Classic says it can't render file. WMV is associated with
WMP also.
Strange..I wonder what that other program did.

Thanks

Lookout <> wrote:

>Win XP SP2
>Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
>don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe they
>may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How can I find
>out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is there a program
>that will alert me when a port is being opened or at least attempting
>to open? I recently installed a new program with has caused other
>problems and I believe this could be another problem.

Tcpview will show what program is access the net
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...s/TcpView.mspx
It's part of my security (I use zone alarm)

Also give VLC a try it will play almost anything.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I'm not a big fan of WMP so my WMV files play with irfanview
Ones Irfanview can't play VLC will do the trick
http://www.irfanview.com/ (with plugins)

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"Lookout" <> wrote in message
news:...
>

>
> Thanks. If I've reading this correctly trying to run one of the WMVs
> doesn't seem to open or try to open a port. I guess that means this
> isn't the problem. These are WMVs that others can open with no
> problem. WMP Classic says it can't render file. WMV is associated with
> WMP also.
> Strange..I wonder what that other program did.
>
> Thanks

So there was an error message, start here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234019/en-us

Lookout wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:05:00 -0500, Rôgêr <>
> wrote:
>
>> Lookout wrote:
>>> Win XP SP2
>>> Many.WMV files won't play suddenly. They are NOT DRM files...they
>>> don't make you connect to a site to view them however I believe
>>> they may be trying to at least hit the net for some reason. How
>>> can I find out if a port is being hit when one of these plays? Is
>>> there a program that will alert me when a port is being opened or
>>> at least attempting to open? I recently installed a new program
>>> with has caused other problems and I believe this could be
>>> another problem.
>>
>> ZoneAlarm
>
> I don't have ZoneAlarm installed.

So why did you ask...

"Is there a program that will alert me when a port is being opened or
at least attempting to open?"

if you didn't want an answer?

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