Dale

You did the smart thing. You shouldn't need CODEC packages. I am able to
listen to Internet radio just fine with what installs with Vista. Besides,
your initial post was that WMP wouldn't start at all, not that you couldn't
play some specific file type.

Dale

"Rosedith" <Rosedith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CB0B0E9-CDD1-4396-B2D9-0125FCF20400@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the suggestion but I found several posts indicating problems
> with
> the Vista codec package and decided it was too technical for me. I tried
> a
> shut down and found that WMP ran after the reboot. I was able to run a
> couple of Public Radio stations and add them to a playlist in WMP. Now I
> just have to worry if it has grabbed anything that should be played by
> Media
> Center.
>
> Rosey in Tucson
>
> "Jeff" wrote:
>
>> Google for "Vista codec package" and install it. It covers pretty much
>> all
>> audio and video formats.
>>
>