Vista - Windows Media Player Has Stopped Working... + explorer.exe

Hello, I am currently using Windows Vista Ultimate for about 2 Weeks now...
Just today I start up my computer, go to my account an logon to it... When I
get on it, I get a black screen and a Documents window... I go ahead and
close the window and I still have a dark screen.. So I start up task manger
and start up explorer.exe manually.... I have rebooted, restored and tried a
million other things and I still have to boot up explorer.exe manually... Its
getting really annoying.. When I manually boot up explorer, I decided to
listen to some music with WMP.... I start it up and I get Windows Media
Player Has Stopped Working...... The only two things in my system that arn't
working.... Really unbelieveable..
Here is the log from Problem Reports and Solutions:

Product
Windows Media Player

Problem
Stopped working

Date
3/3/2007 3:08 PM

Status
Report Sent

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: wmplayer.exe
Application Version: 11.0.6000.6324
Application Timestamp: 4549b52a
Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bd80
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000494c4
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 1171
Additional Information 2: 12bb25806a6af29c4ccacb639b7ba26e
Additional Information 3: 443e
Additional Information 4: 596b0af20dd07d1d53ee0059e8b2dc6f

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 346645088

Please help me.. This is really getting annoying that I spent close to 450$
on this Operating System..

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Kyle

Hi Kyle, I too have had the same problem in the Vista 32bit arena.
After tirelessly trudging through forums for the last month with no
solution as of yet, I have resorted to using VLC as my main
'MediaPlayer' until Microsoft provide a fix for this issue. A nice
player which handles most media file formats with ease, but without the
'glitz' of the Micro$oft WMP.
Not the ideal solution after spending $450 on a new OS, but will fill
the patch until MS do. VLC Download - http://www.videolan.org/
Regards

Birty


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Could you clarify exactly what data you're getting in the Problem Reports
and Solutions center?

I'm particular interested in the crash bucket number:
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket

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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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"Birty" <Birty.2oqmvl@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Kyle, I too have had the same problem in the Vista 32bit arena.
> After tirelessly trudging through forums for the last month with no
> solution as of yet, I have resorted to using VLC as my main
> 'MediaPlayer' until Microsoft provide a fix for this issue. A nice
> player which handles most media file formats with ease, but without the
> 'glitz' of the Micro$oft WMP.
> Not the ideal solution after spending $450 on a new OS, but will fill
> the patch until MS do. VLC Download - http://www.videolan.org/
> Regards
>
> Birty
>
>
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> Birty
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