# Media Player & Web access

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-player-web-access/220954>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 25, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-player-web-access/220954 "2003-12-25T03:18:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ookpik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@ookpik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ookpik)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-player-web-access/220954/1 "2003-12-25T03:18:42Z")

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I’m on my son’s PC at the moment, and I placed an audio CD in the drive to play it.

Media Player launches, and the CD plays. So far so good.

But when I click on Get Names in order to actually go out and look for the titles, Media Player responds with:

You must be connected to the Internet to update information about the audio CD you have selected.

I AM connected via a DSL connection.  
IE is working just fine (obviously)  
Email is flowing  
I tried uninstalling and re-installing media player with my connection active, same problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Steve

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-player-web-access/220954/2 "2003-12-26T02:16:23Z")

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Check out the “Connecting to the Internet” on the [FAQ Page](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player/faq.aspx) for Windows Media Player. There’s some tips there.