Consider the following scenario:

• In Windows Media Player, you enable the Use proxy settings of the Web browser option. (This is the default setting.)
• Your installation of Windows Internet Explorer uses a proxy server to access certain types of URLs.
  In this scenario, Windows Media Player does not use a proxy server as expected to access the same types of URLs. Therefore, Windows Media Player cannot load the content from these types of URLs.

  For example, in Internet Explorer, you add *.server to the Exceptions list in the Proxy Settings dialog box. However, Windows Media Player may unexpectedly bypass Web sites whose URLs contain the following:

  *.server*
  *.server.*

  When Internet Explorer accesses these URLs, it uses the proxy server as expected.

  There is a download that resolves this issue.

  32-bit Download: Windows6.0-KB944110-x86.msu

  64-Bit Download: Windows6.0-KB944110-x64.msu

  This issue is resolved in SP1.

  For more information on this issue, including potential causes, workarounds, and resolutions, see: Microsoft KB Article KB944110.