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Windows Media Player 10 Security and Privacy
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Tips to increase your security and privacy when playing multimedia clips with Windows Media Player 10 including disabling history, cache, ID transmission, and more.


 

#1: Do Not Send ID to Content Providers
To help protect your privacy, prevent a Windows Media Player 10 ID from being transmitted to content providers

#2: Keep Up-to-Date With Patches
Why it is important to keep Windows Media Player 10 up-to-date.

#3: Clear Information on Inserted CDs and DVDs
Prevent possible privacy violations by regularly clearing the Windows Media Player 10 cache information.

#4: Turn off Player Usage Data
To help protect your privacy, prevent usage data from being transmitted to Microsoft via Windows Media Player 10.

#5: Clean and Disable the History
Prevent Windows Media Player 10 from keeping a history of played multimedia files that others accessing your machine could potentially browse.

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