Ekhaatvensters
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People have talked a lot about this, so I started experimenting with it.
Every time I start Windows Media Player and play an MP3 mfpmp (Media Foundation Protection bla bla.. .EXE ) starts running. This little exe is only 24kb (in /System32) but uses 5mb or so in Task Manager. It then also clocks up some pretty impressive CPU usages percentages for many people.
I noticed that my WMP11 gets "stuck" for a second every time I skip to a new position in a song or movie (all non-DRM content). So I took full control of the file mfpmp.exe and simply renamed it. Now it doesn't get executed by WMP, and my music subsequently has no pauses in skipping, it is instant again as under Windows XP. I assume the skipping was just because of my slightly old CPU and then the usage from this DRM "feature".
Does anyone know more about this, whether it was actually using enough CPU to be the sole cause of my playback getting stuck when skipping through even a normal MP3? This is what it seems like atm, not a very good sign
EDIT: By the way, before disabling this if I tried to kill the mfpmp.exe process it would simply kill my music too. WMP would stay open but the audio would get cut off. However after killing it completely one of my albums (out of MANY) refuse to play. Very strange because it is downloaded off the internet, just like most of the other CD's in my media library :/
Every time I start Windows Media Player and play an MP3 mfpmp (Media Foundation Protection bla bla.. .EXE ) starts running. This little exe is only 24kb (in /System32) but uses 5mb or so in Task Manager. It then also clocks up some pretty impressive CPU usages percentages for many people.
I noticed that my WMP11 gets "stuck" for a second every time I skip to a new position in a song or movie (all non-DRM content). So I took full control of the file mfpmp.exe and simply renamed it. Now it doesn't get executed by WMP, and my music subsequently has no pauses in skipping, it is instant again as under Windows XP. I assume the skipping was just because of my slightly old CPU and then the usage from this DRM "feature".
Does anyone know more about this, whether it was actually using enough CPU to be the sole cause of my playback getting stuck when skipping through even a normal MP3? This is what it seems like atm, not a very good sign
EDIT: By the way, before disabling this if I tried to kill the mfpmp.exe process it would simply kill my music too. WMP would stay open but the audio would get cut off. However after killing it completely one of my albums (out of MANY) refuse to play. Very strange because it is downloaded off the internet, just like most of the other CD's in my media library :/
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