Re: DO NOT UPGRADE to MediaPlayer 10 - WARNING - TYPICAL MS F***UP

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From: Chris Lanier [MVP] (cal2002a_at_hotmail.NOSPAM.com)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:33:12 -0500

So, you opened a session with PSS? Who exactly did you talk with and what
did they have to say? 

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"Chandler" <Chandler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> Just upgrade yesterday, like an Idiot. I never upgrade immediately, but 
> had
> thought 10 was out for a few months. I guess/hope I'm wrong.
>
> Anyway, as typical with MS new releases, this one has some major broken
> functionality. AND NO SUPPORT. AND NOT RESPONSE TO EMAILS.  AND NO REPLY 
> TO
> THESE NEWSGROUP POSTINGS, Either. Again...great work MS. Great design,
> developers. Excellent Support, MS employees.
>
> Here's just one major broken issue:
> If you try to rip a burned CD, MediaNOTplayer10 trys to access
> "metaservices.windowsmedia.com". You'll get a wonderfully accurate error
> stating "service not available. click Close and try again later.
>
> Some people have waited over a week trying to get this to work. Here's the
> real rub: I rip my CDs at home and store the originals. I've had way to 
> many
> good CDs ruined in my car. I got to work this morning and decided to take 
> my
> CD-R into work and 'copy' it to my work PC (I have limited storage there 
> and
> need to basically keep a small collection at work. So I frequently delete
> stuff when I'm tired of listening to it and re-rip CDs periodically that I
> want to listen to.
>
> I cannot add the album information automatically NOR can I edit it myself.
> In both cases, Media_MSisNOTa_Player10 decides it MUST push that 
> information
> up to metaservices and errors out.
>
> Typical MS Quality - which is too say POOOOOR
>
> If there is ANY decent MS employee that wants to change my mind by SENDING
> ME A FIX OR WORKAROUND - email me at a decent company's service:
> chandler dot hall at gmail dot 3letterending_starts_with_C_ends_with_M
>
> (That would be google's mail service -  Their Beta's work better than 
> these
> released products from you guys.  As a shareholder with over 1000 shares,
> this does NOT make me feel good. I guess I should have dumped them and 
> bought
> into their outrageous IPO. At least their shareholders have already
> experienced a $33 increase. Hmmm...I've seen only about $1 increase in 12
> months of MSFT ownership...but should get a decent one time dividend. Then
> I'm out if this gets no better.)
>

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