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From: sandy58 on 7 Apr 2010 08:25 On Apr 7, 6:52 am, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: > I would NOT install anything from that page. > -- > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > A+http://dts-l.net/ > > "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message > > news:OgsNggf1KHA.220(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > > Hi Sandy, thank you for helping me but I am a little confused. Do you > > mean that I should uninstall WMP from add/remove, then click on the > > download tab at the site you sent the link for?. or do I just keep WMP > > and click on the codecs tab...the big redish one at the top. > > thanks again, > > Joanie. > > "sandy58" <alecki...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > >news:16ed9662-f09f-4c32-b822-ad27e5e272d8(a)10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com... > > On Apr 6, 4:14 am, "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote: > >> Suddenly my WMP 11 won't play DVD's videos, it will play audio disks, > >> is it > >> possible to uninstall WMP 11, & reinstall it. I keep reading about > >> codecs > >> but it looks very involved and I am worried that I will do something > >> wrong. > >> Any advice appreciated. > >> Joanie. > > >http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Windows_Media_Player.htm > > This link has a download for WMP 11 & on it's top bar click on Codecs > > for what you need. If you happen to download a codec that is not > > necessary your PC will either tell you not to or it will just ignore > > it. I had a similar problem with WMP 11 yesterday & I re-installed it > > (I have it saved) and re-installed codecs from my previous "saved" > > bunch. > > Good luck, Joanie. But then, your something ELSE, chum. Ain't you just? I can read YOUR input, clever guy!! NOT!
From: glee on 7 Apr 2010 09:31 "sandy58" <aleckie68(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:74ae2e17-b336-43f1-99c7-d8ac9bf42baf(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >On Apr 7, 6:52 am, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: >> I would NOT install anything from that page. >> >> "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message >> >> news:OgsNggf1KHA.220(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> > Hi Sandy, thank you for helping me but I am a little confused. Do >> > you >> > mean that I should uninstall WMP from add/remove, then click on the >> > download tab at the site you sent the link for?. or do I just keep >> > WMP >> > and click on the codecs tab...the big redish one at the top. >> > thanks again, >> > Joanie. >> > "sandy58" <alecki...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message >> >news:16ed9662-f09f-4c32-b822-ad27e5e272d8(a)10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com... >> > On Apr 6, 4:14 am, "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote: >> >> Suddenly my WMP 11 won't play DVD's videos, it will play audio >> >> disks, >> >> is it >> >> possible to uninstall WMP 11, & reinstall it. I keep reading about >> >> codecs >> >> but it looks very involved and I am worried that I will do >> >> something >> >> wrong. >> >> Any advice appreciated. >> >> Joanie. >> >> >http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Windows_Media_Player.htm >> > This link has a download for WMP 11 & on it's top bar click on >> > Codecs >> > for what you need. If you happen to download a codec that is not >> > necessary your PC will either tell you not to or it will just >> > ignore >> > it. I had a similar problem with WMP 11 yesterday & I re-installed >> > it >> > (I have it saved) and re-installed codecs from my previous "saved" >> > bunch. >> > Good luck, Joanie. > >But then, your something ELSE, chum. Ain't you just? I can read YOUR >input, clever guy!! NOT! Not sure what your problem is. I am warning the user against downloading from that site. It gives a link to WMP11 from an unknown site rather than from the source at Microsoft...never a good idea, as you should realize. You tell Joan to click the codecs link which brings her to 2 pages full of links....how is she supposed to know what to select? Your comment: "If you happen to download a codec that is not necessary your PC will either tell you not to or it will just ignore" is a recipe for killing WMP functionality, and is simply untrue. Codecs that will break WMP will install with no problem....I suggest you read a little before making your comments. The WMP Mini-FAQ is written by one of the long-time developers of WMP...read his warnings about installing codec packs willy-nilly: http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#divx I am already helping Joan in her thread on this subject at the aumha forums online (http://aumha.net). I'm not going to duplicate it in this thread. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/
From: sandy58 on 7 Apr 2010 10:49 On Apr 7, 3:31 pm, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: > "sandy58" <alecki...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > > news:74ae2e17-b336-43f1-99c7-d8ac9bf42baf(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... > > > > >On Apr 7, 6:52 am, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: > >> I would NOT install anything from that page. > > >> "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message > > >>news:OgsNggf1KHA.220(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > >> > Hi Sandy, thank you for helping me but I am a little confused. Do > >> > you > >> > mean that I should uninstall WMP from add/remove, then click on the > >> > download tab at the site you sent the link for?. or do I just keep > >> > WMP > >> > and click on the codecs tab...the big redish one at the top. > >> > thanks again, > >> > Joanie. > >> > "sandy58" <alecki...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > >> >news:16ed9662-f09f-4c32-b822-ad27e5e272d8(a)10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com.... > >> > On Apr 6, 4:14 am, "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote: > >> >> Suddenly my WMP 11 won't play DVD's videos, it will play audio > >> >> disks, > >> >> is it > >> >> possible to uninstall WMP 11, & reinstall it. I keep reading about > >> >> codecs > >> >> but it looks very involved and I am worried that I will do > >> >> something > >> >> wrong. > >> >> Any advice appreciated. > >> >> Joanie. > > >> >http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Windows_Media_Player.htm > >> > This link has a download for WMP 11 & on it's top bar click on > >> > Codecs > >> > for what you need. If you happen to download a codec that is not > >> > necessary your PC will either tell you not to or it will just > >> > ignore > >> > it. I had a similar problem with WMP 11 yesterday & I re-installed > >> > it > >> > (I have it saved) and re-installed codecs from my previous "saved" > >> > bunch. > >> > Good luck, Joanie. > > >But then, your something ELSE, chum. Ain't you just? I can read YOUR > >input, clever guy!! NOT! > > Not sure what your problem is. I am warning the user against > downloading from that site. It gives a link to WMP11 from an unknown > site rather than from the source at Microsoft...never a good idea, as > you should realize. You tell Joan to click the codecs link which brings > her to 2 pages full of links....how is she supposed to know what to > select? > > Your comment: "If you happen to download a codec that is not necessary > your PC will either tell you not to or it will just ignore" is a recipe > for killing WMP functionality, and is simply untrue. Codecs that will > break WMP will install with no problem....I suggest you read a little > before making your comments. > > The WMP Mini-FAQ is written by one of the long-time developers of > WMP...read his warnings about installing codec packs willy-nilly:http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#divx > > I am already helping Joan in her thread on this subject at the aumha > forums online (http://aumha.net). I'm not going to duplicate it in this > thread. > -- > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > A+http://dts-l.net/ Good for YOU, Ace. You got a "title" to live up to, yeah? :-) BS Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+
From: glee on 7 Apr 2010 12:04 "sandy58" <aleckie68(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:0c50af18-f8ae-4c48-9302-b40f68c5d678(a)8g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >On Apr 7, 3:31 pm, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: >> "sandy58" <alecki...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:74ae2e17-b336-43f1-99c7-d8ac9bf42baf(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> >On Apr 7, 6:52 am, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: >> >> I would NOT install anything from that page. >> >> >> "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message >> >> >>news:OgsNggf1KHA.220(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> >> > Hi Sandy, thank you for helping me but I am a little confused. >> >> > Do >> >> > you >> >> > mean that I should uninstall WMP from add/remove, then click on >> >> > the >> >> > download tab at the site you sent the link for?. or do I just >> >> > keep >> >> > WMP >> >> > and click on the codecs tab...the big redish one at the top. >> >> > thanks again, >> >> > Joanie. >> >> > "sandy58" <alecki...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message >> >> >news:16ed9662-f09f-4c32-b822-ad27e5e272d8(a)10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com... >> >> > On Apr 6, 4:14 am, "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote: >> >> >> Suddenly my WMP 11 won't play DVD's videos, it will play audio >> >> >> disks, >> >> >> is it >> >> >> possible to uninstall WMP 11, & reinstall it. I keep reading >> >> >> about >> >> >> codecs >> >> >> but it looks very involved and I am worried that I will do >> >> >> something >> >> >> wrong. >> >> >> Any advice appreciated. >> >> >> Joanie. >> >> >> >http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Windows_Media_Player.htm >> >> > This link has a download for WMP 11 & on it's top bar click on >> >> > Codecs >> >> > for what you need. If you happen to download a codec that is not >> >> > necessary your PC will either tell you not to or it will just >> >> > ignore >> >> > it. I had a similar problem with WMP 11 yesterday & I >> >> > re-installed >> >> > it >> >> > (I have it saved) and re-installed codecs from my previous >> >> > "saved" >> >> > bunch. >> >> > Good luck, Joanie. >> >> >But then, your something ELSE, chum. Ain't you just? I can read YOUR >> >input, clever guy!! NOT! >> >> Not sure what your problem is. I am warning the user against >> downloading from that site. It gives a link to WMP11 from an unknown >> site rather than from the source at Microsoft...never a good idea, as >> you should realize. You tell Joan to click the codecs link which >> brings >> her to 2 pages full of links....how is she supposed to know what to >> select? >> >> Your comment: "If you happen to download a codec that is not >> necessary >> your PC will either tell you not to or it will just ignore" is a >> recipe >> for killing WMP functionality, and is simply untrue. Codecs that will >> break WMP will install with no problem....I suggest you read a little >> before making your comments. >> >> The WMP Mini-FAQ is written by one of the long-time developers of >> WMP...read his warnings about installing codec packs >willy-nilly:http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#divx >> >> I am already helping Joan in her thread on this subject at the aumha >> forums online (http://aumha.net). I'm not going to duplicate it in >> this >> thread. > >Good for YOU, Ace. You got a "title" to live up to, yeah? :-) BS >Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 >A+ Not "living up" to anything...I'm trying to help Joan with her computer problem, and avoid creating more problems in the process. You appear focused on calling people names and responding like a spoiled child. So helpful....I'm sure you learn a lot that way. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/
From: Joanie on 8 Apr 2010 00:43
This has been resolved by Glen at Aumha. Thank you all, Joanie. "glee" <glee29(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message news:OCvnrvm1KHA.776(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "sandy58" <aleckie68(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:0c50af18-f8ae-4c48-9302-b40f68c5d678(a)8g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >>On Apr 7, 3:31 pm, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: >>> "sandy58" <alecki...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message >>> >>> news:74ae2e17-b336-43f1-99c7-d8ac9bf42baf(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >>> >>> >>> >>> >On Apr 7, 6:52 am, "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote: >>> >> I would NOT install anything from that page. >>> >>> >> "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message >>> >>> >>news:OgsNggf1KHA.220(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> >>> >> > Hi Sandy, thank you for helping me but I am a little confused. Do >>> >> > you >>> >> > mean that I should uninstall WMP from add/remove, then click on the >>> >> > download tab at the site you sent the link for?. or do I just keep >>> >> > WMP >>> >> > and click on the codecs tab...the big redish one at the top. >>> >> > thanks again, >>> >> > Joanie. >>> >> > "sandy58" <alecki...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message >>> >> >news:16ed9662-f09f-4c32-b822-ad27e5e272d8(a)10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com... >>> >> > On Apr 6, 4:14 am, "Joanie" <j...(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote: >>> >> >> Suddenly my WMP 11 won't play DVD's videos, it will play audio >>> >> >> disks, >>> >> >> is it >>> >> >> possible to uninstall WMP 11, & reinstall it. I keep reading about >>> >> >> codecs >>> >> >> but it looks very involved and I am worried that I will do >>> >> >> something >>> >> >> wrong. >>> >> >> Any advice appreciated. >>> >> >> Joanie. >>> >>> >> >http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Windows_Media_Player.htm >>> >> > This link has a download for WMP 11 & on it's top bar click on >>> >> > Codecs >>> >> > for what you need. If you happen to download a codec that is not >>> >> > necessary your PC will either tell you not to or it will just >>> >> > ignore >>> >> > it. I had a similar problem with WMP 11 yesterday & I re-installed >>> >> > it >>> >> > (I have it saved) and re-installed codecs from my previous "saved" >>> >> > bunch. >>> >> > Good luck, Joanie. >>> >>> >But then, your something ELSE, chum. Ain't you just? I can read YOUR >>> >input, clever guy!! NOT! >>> >>> Not sure what your problem is. I am warning the user against >>> downloading from that site. It gives a link to WMP11 from an unknown >>> site rather than from the source at Microsoft...never a good idea, as >>> you should realize. You tell Joan to click the codecs link which brings >>> her to 2 pages full of links....how is she supposed to know what to >>> select? >>> >>> Your comment: "If you happen to download a codec that is not necessary >>> your PC will either tell you not to or it will just ignore" is a recipe >>> for killing WMP functionality, and is simply untrue. Codecs that will >>> break WMP will install with no problem....I suggest you read a little >>> before making your comments. >>> >>> The WMP Mini-FAQ is written by one of the long-time developers of >>> WMP...read his warnings about installing codec packs >>willy-nilly:http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#divx >>> >>> I am already helping Joan in her thread on this subject at the aumha >>> forums online (http://aumha.net). I'm not going to duplicate it in this >>> thread. >> >>Good for YOU, Ace. You got a "title" to live up to, yeah? :-) BS >>Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 >>A+ > > Not "living up" to anything...I'm trying to help Joan with her computer > problem, and avoid creating more problems in the process. You appear > focused on calling people names and responding like a spoiled child. So > helpful....I'm sure you learn a lot that way. > -- > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > A+ > http://dts-l.net/ > |