Hi all,

Same results, up popped the dialog box and the computer was iced to a one-note buzz. Playing a wave file does not crash the computer when that dialog pops up. Quite apart from the midi problem, I am getting very disgusted with Microsoft for not making it apparent how to turn off that pop up everytime WMP starts up. I've carefully unchecked anything and everything that even hints at the internet, to no avail.

Still looking like a wipe, registry search and delete operation, then a reinstall.

best,
mgj