Media Player

[Bill Martin]

Is there some way to drive a stake through the heart of the whizzy media
player in XP Home? I see the older version is still on the machine in the
same subdirectory and I'd just like to use that. I've gone down through the
file associations list and changed over maybe 12 instances of it, but somehow
the new one keeps getting called up if I click on a web link.

All I'm trying to do is listen to low audio quality Wall Street earnings
calls. I really don't want wonderful light shows churning up system
resources or access to 600 radio channels or whatever else the new version
provides.

Thanks...

Bill

[Bill Martin]

> Is there some way to drive a stake through the heart of the whizzy media
> player in XP Home? I see the older version is still on the machine in the
> same subdirectory and I'd just like to use that. I've gone down through the
> file associations list and changed over maybe 12 instances of it, but somehow
> the new one keeps getting called up if I click on a web link.
>
> All I'm trying to do is listen to low audio quality Wall Street earnings
> calls. I really don't want wonderful light shows churning up system
> resources or access to 600 radio channels or whatever else the new version
> provides.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Bill

Note that I've even tried to rename and/or delete the file WMPLAYER.EXE so I
could then give that name to the old program. XP immediately recreates the
file! It simply will not allow it to be killed so far as I can see.

Thanks...

Bill

[Bill Martin]

> Is there some way to drive a stake through the heart of the whizzy media
> player in XP Home? I see the older version is still on the machine in the
> same subdirectory and I'd just like to use that. I've gone down through the
> file associations list and changed over maybe 12 instances of it, but somehow
> the new one keeps getting called up if I click on a web link.
>
> All I'm trying to do is listen to low audio quality Wall Street earnings
> calls. I really don't want wonderful light shows churning up system
> resources or access to 600 radio channels or whatever else the new version
> provides.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Bill

Note that I've even tried to rename and/or delete the file WMPLAYER.EXE so I
could then give that name to the old program. XP immediately recreates the
file! It simply will not allow it to be killed so far as I can see.

Thanks...

Bill

[Flag Waver]

"Bill Martin" > wrote in message
m...
> Is there some way to drive a stake through the heart of the whizzy media
> player in XP Home? I see the older version is still on the machine in the
> same subdirectory and I'd just like to use that. I've gone down through
the
> file associations list and changed over maybe 12 instances of it, but
somehow
> the new one keeps getting called up if I click on a web link.
>
> All I'm trying to do is listen to low audio quality Wall Street earnings
> calls. I really don't want wonderful light shows churning up system
> resources or access to 600 radio channels or whatever else the new version
> provides.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Bill

Just use it. Turn off the visualizations under View | Now Playing Tools.
It's also less annoying if you stop WMP from staring in Media Guide (in
Options).

I like the visualizations, however.

[Flag Waver]

"Bill Martin" > wrote in message
m...
> Is there some way to drive a stake through the heart of the whizzy media
> player in XP Home? I see the older version is still on the machine in the
> same subdirectory and I'd just like to use that. I've gone down through
the
> file associations list and changed over maybe 12 instances of it, but
somehow
> the new one keeps getting called up if I click on a web link.
>
> All I'm trying to do is listen to low audio quality Wall Street earnings
> calls. I really don't want wonderful light shows churning up system
> resources or access to 600 radio channels or whatever else the new version
> provides.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Bill

Just use it. Turn off the visualizations under View | Now Playing Tools.
It's also less annoying if you stop WMP from staring in Media Guide (in
Options).

I like the visualizations, however.

[Bill Martin]

> Just use it. Turn off the visualizations under View | Now Playing Tools.
> It's also less annoying if you stop WMP from staring in Media Guide (in
> Options).

It just seems wrong to shut things down to where it looks like the old
program, when it's a 100x larger program which I don't want to use. (5KB to
load and run -vs- 508KB).

Bill

[Bill Martin]

> Just use it. Turn off the visualizations under View | Now Playing Tools.
> It's also less annoying if you stop WMP from staring in Media Guide (in
> Options).

It just seems wrong to shut things down to where it looks like the old
program, when it's a 100x larger program which I don't want to use. (5KB to
load and run -vs- 508KB).

Bill

[Bill Martin]

> Just use it. Turn off the visualizations under View | Now Playing Tools.
> It's also less annoying if you stop WMP from staring in Media Guide (in
> Options).

Turning off visualizations doesn't seem to work. It comes up automatically
reactivated the next time the program is opened.

Your note did point me to the "options" panels though where one selects what
file types the program thinks it is used for. By clearing all boxes, the
program finally goes to sleep and allows the older program to be selected as
previously indicated under the file preferences elsewhere in XP. This is
apparently one of those things in XP where multiple panels all try to control
the same configuration setting.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Bill

[Bill Martin]

> Just use it. Turn off the visualizations under View | Now Playing Tools.
> It's also less annoying if you stop WMP from staring in Media Guide (in
> Options).

Turning off visualizations doesn't seem to work. It comes up automatically
reactivated the next time the program is opened.

Your note did point me to the "options" panels though where one selects what
file types the program thinks it is used for. By clearing all boxes, the
program finally goes to sleep and allows the older program to be selected as
previously indicated under the file preferences elsewhere in XP. This is
apparently one of those things in XP where multiple panels all try to control
the same configuration setting.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Bill