You might try stopping the
Library from getting information in WMP-Tools-Options as well as
unchecking the relevant options on the Player tab and Privacy tab.

Browse through all the tabs in Tools-Options to see the there are
others (as you don't mention the version of WMP)


....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.htm
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:00:06 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Brian
<Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have an ISDN dialup Internet connection, with the associated limitations on
>usage. Every time I open Windows Media Player on my PC to play a CD while I
>work, it forces my ISDN modem to dialup, so it is evidently attempting to
>access the Net. This is going to result in my ISP charging me for extra time
>or dropping me altogether at some point. My modem is set to hang up after 12
>mintues, but it will never hang up if the Windows Media Player is open.
>
>I don't use any of the stuff written to for the herd mentality of today's
>computer crowd (Urge, music downloading, etc); I just use it locally to play
>WAV files & CD's. How can I prevent Windows Media Player from ever attempting
>Internet connection except when I tell it to update?