If you can launch the player ever without having to run it as an
administrator, you probably don't have the "Norton Internet Security"
problem - blocking access to the TypeLib or removing the TypeLib entry would
cause the player to open for about 1/4 second and then exit miserably.
The player locking up when a device is attached is possibly a reference
counting issue with the device stack (which invokes an aspect of the
player). Service Pack 1 would be most likely to have a positive effect upon
this experience.
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Speaking for myself only.
See
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"jsl48116" <jsl48116.34xse4@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> ::Hi Zach,::
>
> ::I have been scouring the net looking for an answer to this problem
> for the last couple of months on and off and I see your responses
> everywhere. I have been to your website and I have tried many of the
> items there.::
>
> ::I upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate x86 in March of 2006. WMP ran
> well up until the beginning of this year (Jan 2007) when all of a sudden
> I have the same problem as everyone else here. I must close WMP in the
> task manager to run media content on my computer or on the net.
> Something else that others haven't mentioned is that my PDA won't sync
> unless I stop WMP in the task manager first, once I do everything works
> fine.::
>
> ::I did run your registry.exe file from your website and I have run
> regsvr32 jscript.dll like Paolo. Both ran successfully without changing
> anything as far as I can tell. I notice you asked if Norton Internet
> Security 2007 was removed recently and coincidentally I did "upgrade" to
> Norton 360 around that timeframe. For some reason my system restore
> points from around this timeframe and before are missing too. This also
> happened around the same timeframe so I wonder what event took place to
> change all these things.::
>
> ::WMP works fine as does syncing if I end the WMP process in the task
> manager first but I would like to fix this small problem if there is a
> fix.::
>
> ::Thanks,::
> ::Scott::
>
>
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> jsl48116