Windows Media Player was starting a service called "UPnP Device Host". Can you check your services control panel to see if that service is set to manual, automatic or disabled?
Not sure how to do that. I ran MSCONFIG, and the "UPnP Device Host" shows up as "Running". I didn't start it up myself, so does that mean it is set to automatic?
The way I always go into Services is via a right click on My Computer (on the desktop, or the Computer entry in the start menu), and picking Manage from the menu. Services will be on the left, and then you can find the UPnP Device Host in the list on the right. Double clicking it will bring up it's properties, including if it is set to start automatically or not. Much like Bonjour, this is a service related to network sharing. If you have nothing that streams music from Windows Media Player, try setting the service to disabled to see if it has any impact.
Didn't work out so well... (see below). I don't know what the x: is referring to, I don't have any such drive. My "network" such as it is consists of SWMBO's Macintosh connected via router, and as she is in Alaska at the moment her computer is turned off. Could that be it? Also connected to the router is my cable modem and Ooma VOIP phone system, but they don't talk to my computer.
The net.txt file grows pretty quickly, I shut it off after about two seconds and it still runs a couple of hundred lines. I've attached it along with the screen shot. If you want I can let it run longer. (The first time I ran it it came to 783K!) I didn't see anything too compromising in it, unless it has the URLs of my favorite porn sites.
Not sure what that error is about, as the output in the text file looked right. Lets try it again, but this time zip the file before uploading it. It will get large (and highly compressable), but what I plan to do is split it up and see what differences appear during the time it's loading. That will point to what network interactions (if any) is slowing down the first play. Also, make sure to close as many programs as possible before doing this. The last report showed Firefox open with active connections, so it pollutes the output a little bit.
Please don't spend a lot of time and effort worrying about this, unless it is the sort of challenge that you find fun and entertaining. At worst, for me, it is a once-a-day 20-second inconvenience.
No worries, I'm just spending idle time on the issue. This type of Windows troubleshooting I don't mind too much, as it's a way to keep my legitimately needed skills up to date. Malware removal and all that crap, yeah, other people can handle those issues
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