Vista - Windows Media Player 11 for Vista

Something happened to my computer that caused WMP to stop working. I receive
a message thatWMP is corupted and asks me if I want to download and reinstall
it. I am redirected to a download site I download the installation web site
where i Download and try to install or repair WMP. But I Receive the
following error message: "There is a more recent ersion of Windows Media
Player (11.0.6000.6344) already installed on your computer. It is not
possible to use an older installation package (11.0.5721.5146) to install
files or to repair your current version of the player." Please tell me the
link I need to get the correct version of WMP. I would appreciate it very
much. Every site I try gives me the above mentioned
message. Thank you in
advance for your time in resolving this problem for me.

I'm having the same problem and its very very annoying!
problem with vista is.. you can't go in and play with it the way u could in
98 or xp

I have the same problem, and nothing seems to work

"jsbutlersr" wrote:

You cannot install the XP player on Vista. You cannot reinstall the player
on Vista- that's not how the Vista component system works. You can
reinstall Vista, which will reinstall the player.

Could you clarify *how* the player has stopped working? That might be an
easier way to address this.

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"jsbutlersr" <jsbutlersr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anyone having problems playing various downloaded content on a Vista OS
should really try the VLC media player for a simple interface & easy way to
convert between 16:10.16:9 & endless other screen res formats, 4:3 etc,
windows media player is a nightmare whatever the version, sure works ok with
explorers preview mode but not consistent with the variety of today's media
downloads!
"zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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What specific "variety of today's media" are you referring to that you're
having problems with?

My logic issue with "Let's Just Go Use Player X!" is that if there's some
new file format or codec - or even functionality that Player X doesn't
support, such as embedded scripting or remoting, then at that point you're
having to spin the wheel to go use some other random player.

Given that, it would seem most logical to fix the problem at hand first, and
THEN pitch alternate players. =)

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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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"Mattz" <mattz2006@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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