Windows 10: Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service keeps defaulting to Automatic Delayed Start...

Running Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 22631.3155.I have moved house, and connected to new WiFi connection on a different router. My old setup was ethernet connection, on different router. Ever since, the title service keeps defaulting to Automatic Delayed Start in services.msc. I switch to Automatic, restart Windows, and it changes back to Delayed Start. This means I have to go into legacy Control Panel>Network and Sharing Center>Media Streaming Options and select "Turn on media streaming" every time after a restart. I use a static local network IP address, and run a media server off the same P

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Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service

Hi AshGivargis,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Could you please help me with the below questions:

1. Have you made any changes to the computer prior to this issue?
   
2. Which version of Windows you are using? (To check, type: winver in start menu and hit enter.)
   
3. What happens when you try to access Windows Media player? Do you have any error message?
   

Windows Media Player, shares Windows Media Player libraries to other networked players and media devices using universal plug and play. If this service is not running, there might be issues while using this feature.

I would suggest you to follow these steps:

1. Press Windows
   and R
   key together on your Keyboard.
   
2. Type services.msc and hit enter.
3. Search for Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
   and Windows search.
   
4. Double click on the service and select Automatic under start up.
   
5. Click on Start, Apply and Ok.
   
6. Restart the computer and check if is working now.
   

Hope it helps.

Roohi Taj S

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Windows 7 - Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service

Hello Everyone, just wondering what your thoughts are on this process i just noticed that has been eating up lots of CPU time for no reason. Its called the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service, i certainly do not use WMP (who does?) especially for sharing my libraries across the network.

I am about to disable the service completely and see if that will make it stop. Just seems weird that this would be running when i never even use WMP. Anyone?*Bang Head :banghead:








More info on the process:
neuber.com/taskmanager/process/wmpnetwk.exe.html

 

Media Player Network Sharing Service Issues

Her Zune works fine on my system, it's an issue with the OS's Media Player service failing that's causing problems...as I said in the OP I found people also having issues with XBox media sharing too...something with that damn service is fubar'd.

This is actually the 2nd problem we've ever had with her Zune 30Gb in the year and 3 months she's had it, battery life is still good, radio reception is pretty damn good, her zune software has worked great for her needs, has never been a pain with bandwidth or resource hogging, though she has a decent PC (see system specs). The first problem was the leap year bug @ new years and the second is this one. I do have to say even with this issue, it's a 10X better experience than what we dealth with on the iPod front...I hear they're much improved from the POS Gen3 I originally got her directly from apple...that was such a waist!

We're planning on re-installing Vista x64 in a day or two, her games and everything else seems to be fine as long as it doesn't need the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service! *Big Grin

I've ran a reg cleaner, I have yet to undo-and redo NB/SB drivers, my 16Gb, 2gb, 1gb and PS2 Controller + USB adapter all work fine...but I might just try it anyways to scratch it off of the list...she's in the middle of a Fallout 3 session so it's on hold! Thanks for the reply anyways!

*Toast :toast: