Process name: Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System or Microsoft? Windows? Operating System or MicrosoftR WindowsR Operating System
Company: Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com)
File: WMPNetwk.exe

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All comments about WMPNetwk.exe: Troy Part of Windows Media Player 11 (beta) killaz uses ALOT of process! Menn0 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Kevin It uses so much of my memory Anonymous Uses a lot of memory bill it slows down windows xp significantly Fatetaker its a window media player 11 network process to share your media libary online, if you kill it, it will restart itself, anyone know how to kill it permantly? when I updated media player 10 it showed up. Seems harmless but delete when playing games. Allen George This file is used by the new Windows Media Player 11 to share files with other computers copies of Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 over your LAN. Part of Windows Media Player. Contiunally starts itself, even after ending process, disabling it in WMP, and setting the Service (in Run service.msc) to "Manual." To stop if from restarting I had to right click. Properties, and stop the service itself. John network service neil watterson only became aware of it when it was flagged up by zone alarm free advising me that it was trying to access the internet - I have denied access and also blocked access from within zone alarm Admin File Sharing Over Local LAN Alex Es verbraucht in 1 min 300 mb.Ram....und ich hab nur 512.... Nicolaj Takes af lot of your CPU orlowski it is windows media player sharing executables Dario The file is located in the folder C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\ and belongs to Windows Media Player. It is used to share Windows Media Player libraries. Media Player 11 users with folder sharing enabled on their network (for their xbox 360s, for example) will see this process running.  See also: Link Bradley Shaner This file is turned on by Windows Media Player when you enable Media sharing, and it can be turned off inside the options of WMP. If you have connected a Xbox 360 to your PC, this is the program that serves it music or other things. VemeC Shares Windows Media Player libraries to other networked players and media devices using Universal Plug and Play Strandmyr A prosess that is needed to share the library with i.e. your xbox 360 through media center If you know more about WMPNetwk.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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