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Windows Media Player communicates frequently with the Internet. Under Settings, you can specify
that neither the list of recently played media files nor information about playback media or music files
should be saved. Click Highest security to turn all options on in one go.
Click Advanced to proceed to the data protection settings for Windows Media Player. Here you can
block script commands from running, prevent the automatic purchase of licenses, disable the automatic
download of codecs and block Internet sites from identifying the player.
Advanced
Here you can make additional privacy settings.
Under Page file you can click Go to "Memory management" to specify that the Windows page file
should be deleted automatically when the system shuts down.
Under Internet time you can disable the automatic synchronization of the Windows system clock with
an Internet reference clock.
Under Error reporting you can specify whether Windows should send an error report with your system
configuration to Microsoft following a crash. Use the Error reporting button to open the various reports
and disable them with a click of the mouse.
10.1.4. Administration
User Logon
General
Windows XP:
Here you can choose between the Welcome screen and the logon prompt. The default setting in
Windows XP is the Welcome screen. This shows a list of all available user names, which can be
selected with a mouse click. Alternatively, you can select the option Use the old logon dialog . This
brings up the secure logon prompt, where you are required to enter your logon details manually.
You can also specify here additional settings concerning the behavior and appearance of the logon
screen.
Windows Vista and Windows 7:
You can adjust the behavior and appearance of your logon screen and the logon prompt here. Click on
the Adjust button to set individual options.
Automatic logon
To skip logging on to the system a user can be logged onto the system automatically. If you wish to do
this, select the Enable automatic logon option and enter your logon data in the placeholders below.
Under Security you specify whether or not logon can be skipped using the Shift key. You can also
have the system carry out a logon immediately after a logoff.
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