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Sarah McCullough

2002-08-27, 6:29 pm

How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the Windows
Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users can open
WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they visit the
site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to anything
because they just get an error message when they try to access a link to
streaming media.




Ivan Tirado

2002-08-27, 8:42 pm

Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that port is
blocked by the firewall.


"Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the Windows
> Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users can

open
> WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they visit the
> site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to anything
> because they just get an error message when they try to access a link to
> streaming media.
>
>
>
>




Sarah McCullough

2002-08-27, 8:42 pm

But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???


"Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that port is
> blocked by the firewall.
>
>
> "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the

Windows
> > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users can

> open
> > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they visit

the
> > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to

anything
> > because they just get an error message when they try to access a link to
> > streaming media.
> >
> >
> >
> >

>
>
>



Sarah McCullough

2002-08-27, 8:42 pm

Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...

What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator account?
Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works perfectly.
That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.


"Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
>
>
> "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that port is
> > blocked by the firewall.
> >
> >
> > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the

> Windows
> > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users

can
> > open
> > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they visit

> the
> > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to

> anything
> > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a link

to[co
lor=darkred]
> > > streaming media.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >
> >

>
>[/color]


Ivan Tirado

2002-08-27, 8:42 pm

What exactly does the error message say?


"Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:yKVa9.22$_c.2@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...
>
> What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator

account?
> Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works perfectly.
> That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.
>
>
> "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
> >
> >
> > "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> > news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that port

is[co
lor=darkred]
> > > blocked by the firewall.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the

> > Windows
> > > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users

> can
> > > open
> > > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they
[/color]
visit

> > the
> > > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to

> > anything
> > > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a

link
> to

> > > > streaming media.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>




Ivan Tirado

2002-08-27, 8:42 pm

You need to grant write access to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{203b1
eed-db9f-40fb-87bd-1990982017d2}\Plugins. You
can do this manually by using Regedit OR for large-scale deployment, use a
policy or Regini.exe.

That is the solution, if the error message is: ACCESS DENIED, when the user
is not the administrator.

"Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
news:SIVa9.186$o23.97@fe02...
> What exactly does the error message say?
>
>
> "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:yKVa9.22$_c.2@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...
> >
> > What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator

> account?
> > Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works perfectly.
> > That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.
> >
> >
> > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> > > news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > > > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > > > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that

port
> is

> > > > blocked by the firewall.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the
> > > Windows
> > > > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently,

users

> > can
> > > > open
> > > > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they

> visit
> > > the
> > > > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to
> > > anything
> > > > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a

> link
> > to
> > > > > streaming media.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>
>




Ivan Tirado

2002-08-27, 9:29 pm

Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that port is
blocked by the firewall.


"Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the Windows
> Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users can

open
> WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they visit the
> site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to anything
> because they just get an error message when they try to access a link to
> streaming media.
>
>
>
>




Sarah McCullough

2002-08-27, 9:29 pm

But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???


"Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that port is
> blocked by the firewall.
>
>
> "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the

Windows
> > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users can

> open
> > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they visit

the
> > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to

anything
> > because they just get an error message when they try to access a link to
> > streaming media.
> >
> >
> >
> >

>
>
>



Sarah McCullough

2002-08-27, 9:29 pm

Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...

What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator account?
Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works perfectly.
That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.


"Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
>
>
> "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that port is
> > blocked by the firewall.
> >
> >
> > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the

> Windows
> > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users

can
> > open
> > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they visit

> the
> > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to

> anything
> > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a link

to[co
lor=darkred]
> > > streaming media.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >
> >

>
>[/color]


Ivan Tirado

2002-08-27, 9:29 pm

What exactly does the error message say?


"Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:yKVa9.22$_c.2@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...
>
> What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator

account?
> Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works perfectly.
> That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.
>
>
> "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
> >
> >
> > "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> > news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that port

is[co
lor=darkred]
> > > blocked by the firewall.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the

> > Windows
> > > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently, users

> can
> > > open
> > > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they
[/color]
visit

> > the
> > > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to

> > anything
> > > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a

link
> to

> > > > streaming media.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>




Ivan Tirado

2002-08-27, 9:29 pm

You need to grant write access to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{203b1
eed-db9f-40fb-87bd-1990982017d2}\Plugins. You
can do this manually by using Regedit OR for large-scale deployment, use a
policy or Regini.exe.

That is the solution, if the error message is: ACCESS DENIED, when the user
is not the administrator.

"Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
news:SIVa9.186$o23.97@fe02...
> What exactly does the error message say?
>
>
> "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:yKVa9.22$_c.2@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...
> >
> > What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator

> account?
> > Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works perfectly.
> > That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.
> >
> >
> > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> > > news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > > > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > > > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that

port
> is

> > > > blocked by the firewall.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the
> > > Windows
> > > > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently,

users

> > can
> > > > open
> > > > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they

> visit
> > > the
> > > > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to
> > > anything
> > > > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a

> link
> > to
> > > > > streaming media.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>
>




Sarah McCullough

2002-08-28, 10:30 am

"Unable to connect to Network." However, no errors occur when logging on as
admin. Even doing a "run as" the local admin, things work. I added the user
to the local admins group and it still did not work, which is really weird.


"Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
news:SIVa9.186$o23.97@fe02...
> What exactly does the error message say?
>
>
> "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:yKVa9.22$_c.2@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...
> >
> > What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator

> account?
> > Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works perfectly.
> > That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.
> >
> >
> > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> > > news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > > > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > > > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that

port
> is

> > > > blocked by the firewall.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the
> > > Windows
> > > > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently,

users

> > can
> > > > open
> > > > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they

> visit
> > > the
> > > > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to
> > > anything
> > > > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a

> link
> > to
> > > > > streaming media.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>
>



Sarah McCullough

2002-08-28, 11:29 am

"Unable to connect to Network." However, no errors occur when logging on as
admin. Even doing a "run as" the local admin, things work. I added the user
to the local admins group and it still did not work, which is really weird.


"Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
news:SIVa9.186$o23.97@fe02...
> What exactly does the error message say?
>
>
> "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:yKVa9.22$_c.2@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...
> >
> > What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator

> account?
> > Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works perfectly.
> > That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.
> >
> >
> > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> > > news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > > > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > > > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that

port
> is

> > > > blocked by the firewall.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use the
> > > Windows
> > > > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently,

users

> > can
> > > > open
> > > > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they

> visit
> > > the
> > > > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen to
> > > anything
> > > > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a

> link
> > to
> > > > > streaming media.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>
>



Ivan Tirado

2002-08-28, 5:29 pm

Try to change the protocols media player uses for streaming. Disable UDP for
example.. tweak around those settings and see if any of those works. I'd try
to Disable UDP first, so it uses TCP which obviously works since they can
access the web.

View/Options/Advanced

"Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:G76b9.31439$3V5.28549@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> "Unable to connect to Network." However, no errors occur when logging on

as
> admin. Even doing a "run as" the local admin, things work. I added the

user
> to the local admins group and it still did not work, which is really

weird.
>
>
> "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> news:SIVa9.186$o23.97@fe02...
> > What exactly does the error message say?
> >
> >
> > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:yKVa9.22$_c.2@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...
> > >
> > > What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator

> > account?
> > > Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works

perfectly. [colo
r=darkred]
> > > That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > > > > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > > > > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that

> port
> > is
> > > > > blocked by the firewall.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > > > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use
[/color]
the[c
olor=darkred]
> > > > Windows
> > > > > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently,

> users
> > > can
> > > > > open
> > > > > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they

> > visit
> > > > the
> > > > > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen
[/color]
to[co
lor=darkred]
> > > > anything
> > > > > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a

> > link
> > > to
> > > > > > streaming media.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >
> >

>
>[/color]



Ivan Tirado

2002-08-28, 6:29 pm

Try to change the protocols media player uses for streaming. Disable UDP for
example.. tweak around those settings and see if any of those works. I'd try
to Disable UDP first, so it uses TCP which obviously works since they can
access the web.

View/Options/Advanced

"Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:G76b9.31439$3V5.28549@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> "Unable to connect to Network." However, no errors occur when logging on

as
> admin. Even doing a "run as" the local admin, things work. I added the

user
> to the local admins group and it still did not work, which is really

weird.
>
>
> "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> news:SIVa9.186$o23.97@fe02...
> > What exactly does the error message say?
> >
> >
> > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:yKVa9.22$_c.2@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > Sorry, I hit "SEND" too soon...it's late...
> > >
> > > What I was going to say is how would it work for the administrator

> > account?
> > > Because when the admin account is logged on, everything works

perfectly. [colo
r=darkred]
> > > That is why I think it's not the firewall, but some security policy.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > news:xIVa9.17$_c.4@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > But then how would it work for the ADMIN account???
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Ivan Tirado" <ivanhoek@coqui.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:lrVa9.179$o23.118@fe02...
> > > > > Sounds like theres a firewall config in place...
> > > > > Maybe WMP uses a non-standard port to stream the audio, and that

> port
> > is
> > > > > blocked by the firewall.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Sarah McCullough" <s.mccullough@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > > > news:q9Ta9.46$RA3.37@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > > > How do you allow domain users in a Windows 2000 domain to use
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> > > > Windows
> > > > > > Media Player to listen to various websites' music? Currently,

> users
> > > can
> > > > > open
> > > > > > WMP, but there it isn't connecting to WindowsMedia.com. If they

> > visit
> > > > the
> > > > > > site by typing in the URL they can get there, but can't listen
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> > > > anything
> > > > > > because they just get an error message when they try to access a

> > link
> > > to
> > > > > > streaming media.
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> > > > > >
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> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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