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How to reinstall or repair Windows Media Player 11
My Windows Media Player 11 is broken. It sounds horrible. The sound is
garbled and no amount of adjustments change this. Previous attempts to get help fixing this have been unsuccessful. And now, if I burn MP3s with it, to a CD, the CD will not play in stand-alone players. It gives a No Disc message, though I can see that the disc has been burned. So... How about uninstalling it then reinstalling? Repairing it? Rolling back to an older version? I found these instructions: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...nofthePlay er and thought I'd try the section named, "Rolling back to a previous version of the player." But these instructions are useless to me because I cannot do step 4 (Click Windows Media Player 11, and then click Remove.) because WMP does not appear in the list. Neither does clicking Show Updates cause it to appear as the next steps suggest it will. There is an Add/Remove Windows Components button I can click on on the left side of the Add/Remove Programs window which brings up the Windows Component Wizard. I see I can check Windows Media Player to remove it, but if I remove it, can I cleanly reinstall it from the original WindowsXP disc or repair it? If so how? |
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How to reinstall or repair Windows Media Player 11
Do you have the folder C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallwmp11$ ?
If so, you could try using the spuninst.exe in its spuninst subfolder. "randwill" wrote in message ... My Windows Media Player 11 is broken. It sounds horrible. The sound is garbled and no amount of adjustments change this. Previous attempts to get help fixing this have been unsuccessful. And now, if I burn MP3s with it, to a CD, the CD will not play in stand-alone players. It gives a No Disc message, though I can see that the disc has been burned. So... How about uninstalling it then reinstalling? Repairing it? Rolling back to an older version? I found these instructions: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...nofthePlay er and thought I'd try the section named, "Rolling back to a previous version of the player." But these instructions are useless to me because I cannot do step 4 (Click Windows Media Player 11, and then click Remove.) because WMP does not appear in the list. Neither does clicking Show Updates cause it to appear as the next steps suggest it will. There is an Add/Remove Windows Components button I can click on on the left side of the Add/Remove Programs window which brings up the Windows Component Wizard. I see I can check Windows Media Player to remove it, but if I remove it, can I cleanly reinstall it from the original WindowsXP disc or repair it? If so how? |
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How to reinstall or repair Windows Media Player 11
WMP roll-back would not be in "add remove windows components",that
option would disable the player.Try add/remove programs,click the box at the top "show updates",scroll to the bottom to uninstall WMP 11..However, i don't think thats the place to start.Try run,type: DXDIAG Run the Direct X tests for audio.Also,in control-panel,administrative tools,locate event viewer & see what the OS has/had to say on those areas.Also,download WMDiag from microsoft,it checks wm player. "randwill" wrote: My Windows Media Player 11 is broken. It sounds horrible. The sound is garbled and no amount of adjustments change this. Previous attempts to get help fixing this have been unsuccessful. And now, if I burn MP3s with it, to a CD, the CD will not play in stand-alone players. It gives a No Disc message, though I can see that the disc has been burned. So... How about uninstalling it then reinstalling? Repairing it? Rolling back to an older version? I found these instructions: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...nofthePlay er and thought I'd try the section named, "Rolling back to a previous version of the player." But these instructions are useless to me because I cannot do step 4 (Click Windows Media Player 11, and then click Remove.) because WMP does not appear in the list. Neither does clicking Show Updates cause it to appear as the next steps suggest it will. There is an Add/Remove Windows Components button I can click on on the left side of the Add/Remove Programs window which brings up the Windows Component Wizard. I see I can check Windows Media Player to remove it, but if I remove it, can I cleanly reinstall it from the original WindowsXP disc or repair it? If so how? . |
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How to reinstall or repair Windows Media Player 11
I downloaded and ran the WMDiag tool. It produced a folder of Notepad files
that should be sent to a diagnostic professional. Can anyone recommended a free diagnostic professional I can send them to? "Andrew E." wrote in message ... WMP roll-back would not be in "add remove windows components",that option would disable the player.Try add/remove programs,click the box at the top "show updates",scroll to the bottom to uninstall WMP 11..However, i don't think thats the place to start.Try run,type: DXDIAG Run the Direct X tests for audio.Also,in control-panel,administrative tools,locate event viewer & see what the OS has/had to say on those areas.Also,download WMDiag from microsoft,it checks wm player. "randwill" wrote: My Windows Media Player 11 is broken. It sounds horrible. The sound is garbled and no amount of adjustments change this. Previous attempts to get help fixing this have been unsuccessful. And now, if I burn MP3s with it, to a CD, the CD will not play in stand-alone players. It gives a No Disc message, though I can see that the disc has been burned. So... How about uninstalling it then reinstalling? Repairing it? Rolling back to an older version? I found these instructions: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...nofthePlay er and thought I'd try the section named, "Rolling back to a previous version of the player." But these instructions are useless to me because I cannot do step 4 (Click Windows Media Player 11, and then click Remove.) because WMP does not appear in the list. Neither does clicking Show Updates cause it to appear as the next steps suggest it will. There is an Add/Remove Windows Components button I can click on on the left side of the Add/Remove Programs window which brings up the Windows Component Wizard. I see I can check Windows Media Player to remove it, but if I remove it, can I cleanly reinstall it from the original WindowsXP disc or repair it? If so how? . |
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