disable Media player 2

[ahmtech123]

Hi I wanted to disable the user of Windows media player on about 5 machine. Is there a local group policy I could use.
I tried removing it from add/remove but it installs when there is a media player file clicked on.

Thanks.

 

[aquias]

You could create a group policy so that members of a specific group were restricted from being able to access the media player .exe

 

[ahmtech123]

Sounds good. Group policy on the domain level. Can you give me a clue how to do this.

 

[linney]

These links talk about uninstalling WMP.

http://www.google.com/search?source...INFSection+%windir%\INF\wmp.inf,Uninstall"+xp

http://groups.google.com/groups?sou...INFSection+%windir%\INF\wmp.inf,Uninstall"+xp

These links talk about Group Policy options available.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/intmgmt/23_xpwmp.mspx

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=29521

In one of the links you should find this quoted passage.


"To Prevent Users from Starting Windows Media Player by Using Group Policy
1.
As needed, see Appendix B, "Learning About Group Policy and Updating Administrative Templates," and then edit an appropriate GPO.

2.
In Group Policy, click User Configuration, click Administrative Templates, and then click System.

3.
In the details pane, double-click Don’t run specified Windows applications.

4.
Select Enabled, click Show, click Add, and then type the executable name:

Wmplayer.exe


To Remove Visible Entry Points to Windows Media Player on a Computer Running Windows XP with SP2
1.
Click Start and then click Set Program Access and Defaults.

2.
Click the Custom button.

Note Alternatively, you can click the Non-Microsoft button, which will not only remove visible entry points to Windows Media Player, but also to Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Windows Messenger. If you do this, skip the remaining steps of this procedure.

3.
To disable access to Windows Media Player on this computer, to the right of Windows Media Player, clear the check box for Enable access to this program.

4.
If you want a different default media player to be available to users of this computer, select the media player from the options available."