Hi! I think the Quicktime icon is the culprit here; I used to have Quicktime and it did the same, then I uninstalled it completely also with the plugins and it got back to normal. So just try uninstalling it and see if there is some improvement. Martina
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:56 AM Subject: MP3's streaming instead of downloading, please help! > My audio situation has suddenly gone crazy and I am hoping someone > can help me. This is only problematic when trying to download MP3's > in Internet Explorer. In the past week, my MP3's have started > streaming instead of downloading when I am on a web page and press > enter on an MP3. I can right click and choose save target, but as > Jaws users know, this is not easy. When it starts streaming and I > try to close the Explorer window, my browser crashes. Also, despite > the fact that Winamp is the default player for MP3's, something else > is playing them when I try to download with the latest build and > version of IE and I do not know what it is. I went into my folder > options and looked at the file types tab. Winamp does indeed show as > the default player for MP3's, but something else is grabbing them > when I am on a web site. When I press enter on an MP3 from a folder > on my hard drive, Winamp plays the file appropriately. > > I have Windows XP Home, SP2, with all the latest patches. I also > have the newest Windows Media Player, having just installed it this > weekend. A family member did install Itunes on my system at about > the same time, so I am not sure exactly what caused things to get > messed up. I do have Real Player, but it has been on my system for > quite a while and has been well-behaved after I configured it a while > back, so I don't think it is the cause of the problem. I just wish I > could figure out what the heck is grabbing these MP3's from the > web! I am incredibly distressed about this situation, as whatever > player is grabbing the MP3's is very loud and there do not seem to be > any volume controls. Confirm open after download is checked. If > this Itunes is going to muck things up like this, I would be glad to > get rid of it! Even with Replay AV, when I tell it to download a > podcast, it opens it now instead of downloads. After my sister > installed Itunes, I noticed that there was a Quick Time icon in my > system tray. Thinking that this was the problem, I did go into the > Quick Time preferences and told it to get rid of the system tray > icon, but that did not help, even after rebooting. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________ Informace od NOD32 2168 (20070404) __________ > > Tato zprava byla proverena antivirovym systemem NOD32. > http://www.nod32.cz > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
