Rohit

Hi Dennis,

I got the pre-released vista from MSDN universal subscription. i suppose
that is not the problem. I could view videos hosted on channel9 etc 2-3 days
back without any problem and i don't remember doing anything nasty on the dev
machine.

cheers
rohit

"Dennis Pack" wrote:

> Rohit:
> If you're using RC2 the beta codec package has expired.
>
> --
> Dennis Pack
> Vista x64 Enterprise
> Office 2007
> "Rohit" <Rohit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:11FB7B7A-2D27-44F1-B174-0B27B2FDB3EB@microsoft.com...
> >I have installed windows vista ultimate and things were going fine
> > until yesterday when i tried to play a streaming video that uses
> > windows media player activex control (using IE7). For some reason when
> > i try to play any webcast that uses windows media player i see a cross
> > in the player frame. I can not play any video online and IE does not
> > care to tell me whats wrong?
> > I do not login as administrator until unless required and i was
> > wondering what could have happened to make the media player or prolly
> > IE7 in a bad state?
> >
> > I tried searching on the web but i could not find any way to repair or
> > reinstall windows media player on vista. Appreciate your help.
> >
> > Regards
> > rohit
>