Vista Tutorial - WMP cannot be activated

The WMP that's part of my Vista operating system beomes inaccessable whenever
something I don't understand shuts it down. There doesn't seem to be an
intuitive way to correct this. Not even making it the default player. Is
there some way I can correct this? I do have a basic knowledge of my PC but
this seems over my head. I have done all the basic checks without results. I
know that an MS Office update shut it off once but I was able to correct that
and get it started again. I don't know what happened this time. thanks
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bostonblakie

Thanks...............I've gone thru that list before for other stuff, but
nothing is telling me I have a WMP problem. No error messages, etc. It's just
stopped functioning even though all indications are that it's still there.
The last time this happened, I deduced that an Office update screwed it up,
by noting that a change had been made on the same date as the update. After
uninstalling the update it was working again. Something to do with codecs I
think. Now it has gone back to the Twilight Zone again. It must be ultra
sensitive to stuff happening in the software. Anyway, nothing that I
consciously did.
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bostonblakie


"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

Is wmplayer.exe listed in the Processes tab of Task Manager when it can't be
activated?

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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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"bostonblakie" <bostonblakie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9ADB12A2-D45D-4715-A8DF-CB912133F16F@xxxxxx

Thanks for responding. Just after reading your comments I attempted to open
WMP and (magically?) it opened. Yes, it appeared in the taskbar as well.
Something is going on that I haven't been able to figure out yet. I hope that
MS will come out with a Vista service pack soon and that any WMP will be
addressed.
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bostonblakie


"zachd [MSFT]" wrote: