at this point i decided to look it up. i found this:
Re: How can I save WMV file on Harddisk?
When a WMV file pops up automatically, right-click on the playing
movie, and choose Properties, which will give you the URL.
From there on, all you need to do is setup the URL as a
right-clickable link. An easy way is to type the whole URL into the
google search bar. If the address can't be found as a phrase in the
database, you'll get the following option: "If the URL is valid, try
visiting that web page by clicking on the following link: www.*******.***/**/./**/******.wmv". Then all you have to do is
right-click and go to "Save target as..". Or just post/preview a
message in a forum, send an e-mail to yourself etc.
Another way to get a right-clickable link is to type/copy the address
into MS Word, then go to File->Web Page Preview (Word 2000) to get
the same link.
Alternatively, you could type the link into the Opera browser which
will download the file by default (probably, though I haven't used
any recent versions).