Send User Identifier in Media Player (All Windows)

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Send User Identifier in Media Player (All Windows)
Category: Home > Software > Media Player

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This setting controls whether Windows Media Player will send a globally unique identifier (GUID) when communicating with a remote media source.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new Binary value, or modify the existing value called 'SendUserGUID' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
SendUserGUID	REG_BINARY	00 00 00 00


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
Name: SendUserGUID
Type: REG_BINARY (Binary Value)
Value: (00 00 00 00 = disabled, 01 00 00 00 = default)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: April 3, 2002

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