Event Source: WMConnectCDS
Event ID: 14305
WMConnectCDS = wmccds.exe
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Microsoft’s Windows Media Connect Service v2. Windows Media Connect is a
Microsoft technology which enables Digital Media Receivers to play music,
video, or photos that are stored on a Windows XP PC. At the time of
writing, 4Jan2006, most Digital Media Receivers (DMR) take the form of a
piece of Hi Fi equipment which can connect wirelessly to your PC or PC
network, and play music (or music playlists) stored on your PC or network.
For example, you would have your Digital Media Receiver in the living room
connect wirelessly to your PC in your study or one of the spare rooms, and
play music files or music playlists stored on the PC. WMCCDS (previous name
MSWMCCDS), the Windows Media Connect v2 Service, is the process which
enables this process by streaming the music to the Digital Media Receiver
(which has no storage capacity of its own).
Recommendation :
Unless you are a Windows Media Connect user, the default Startup Mode of
this service will normally be Manual, which is fine. In fact, at the time
of writing, 4Jan2006, given some of the bugs which its predecessor had
(MSWMCCDS), we feel it would be prudent not to have Windows Media Connect
automatically start when Windows starts as some of those problems included
Windows taking up to 20 minutes to start because of a problem with the
Windows Media Connect Service. It is most likely, however, that Microsoft
have worked hard at solving these problems in version 2, so if you
absolutely would like this service to start automatically, do experiment
with it. If on the other hand you decide not to let this service start
automatically at Windows boot-up, then simply start it through the Windows
Media Connect icon in the Control Panel – this service starts as soon as you
open the Control Panel’s Windows Media Connect icon (the Windows Media
Connect Configuration program) and you can stop it on the SETTINGS tab.
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http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_w.htm
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You might be able to resolve the problem by performing the following
procedure:
1 In the Windows taskbar (near the clock), right-click the Windows Media
Connect icon, and then click Exit.
2 Verify that you are logged on to your computer as an administrator.
3 Click Start, and then click Run.
4 In the Open box, type cmd.
5 At the command prompt, type cd c:\windows\system32\, and then press ENTER.
6 At the command prompt, type CACLS STDOLE2.TLB /E /G builtin\users:R, and
then press ENTER.
The following message is displayed:
"processed file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\STDOLE2.TLB"
7 Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Windows Media Connect.
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Windows Media Connect FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/devices/wmconnect/faq.aspx
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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