shydogg90

I had been looking around the web for 2 months now trying to find an answer to why my Windows Media Player 11 stopped working and I kept getting the C00D11D2 error about proxy settings, permissions etc..
I noticed a common theme amongst people was that most of them had recieved an AIM update (6.0) prior to this happening.

I finally figured out what the problem was yesterday.

Apparently, this update cause the sound system to check the box "that enables 1 program to take full control (permissions) of sound on the computer.) Even though I had deleted AIM, it hadn't unchecked the box from the updates settings.

I suggest that you try the following:

Go to Start: Type in Sound.
Open up the Sound
You will see probably one of two speakers - If you have Vista Home then it should be the standard Sigmatel. Right click on it and go to Properities. I advanced, uncheck the box that says "allow applications to take exclusive control of this device"

My WMP 11 started working immediately.

I hope this works for you as well.

Good Luck

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