Re: WMP 10 Danger do not install !!!!!!!!

From: Don (Don_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 02:01:04 -0700

I installed 10, now I can't get my computer to log on. I get the startup
screen, the "intro" music, a quick peek at my wall paper (with no icons),
then the system logs off.

I'd do a system restore but I can't get to my system. I am connected thru a
network, is there something I can do to access and reset my machine?

COMPAQ 6016 1.7G, 512 ram, 128 video card, XP

Thanks!

"Dos Peso's" wrote:

> Hey guys,
> I got on this board looking for a way to cleanly uninstall
> Media 10 and roll back to Media 9, guess I'm out of luck.
> As far as Media 10 being a poorly writin package, I
> agree. What I don't get is that Devil Dog and Chris in
> Tarzana sound like you have a lot of experience in the IT
> community and yet you guys expected M$ to put out a
> quality product on the first go around. What I really
> don't get is why I intsalled it, guess I was hoping like
> you that M$ had changed its ways. Didn't M$ just get
> through with a multi million dollar lawsuit for this same
> stuff with Explorer not being able to uninstall it and
> tying it so closely to the OS that if you tried to get rid
> of it it crapped out your PC? I guess M$ won't learn
> until the Federal government Breaks them up for
> racketering.
> As far as Chris the MicroSoft Valued Partner (MVP) is
> concerned, dude lighten up. No matter what Billy boy sold
> you on he's not God. Get your head out of his backside
> and take a breath. This attitude that any problem is
> Operator Head Space is the same one that IBM had when it
> was the only game in town. I, like Devil Dog, have been
> in the IT Biz for a long time (20+ years Senior Systems
> Engineer) and if we're having problems with Media 10 then
> M$ and its partners should listen. Fortunately I expected
> these type problems with all software not just M$'s. So as
> we do it at work, wipe it and reload.
>
> Thanks for the Vent!
>
> Thats my Dos Peso's
> >-----Original Message-----
> >The fun thing about that is it likely has little to
> nothing to do with WMP
> >directly. The default MPEG decoder is a part of DirectX,
> not WMP. It's
> >DirectShow. If it was not that it was your video card
> drives. Always
> >important to narrow it down before trying to remove
> something that would
> >likely not change the issue.
> >
> >--
> >NOTE: Replies are to help benefit others in helping
> >you and reproducing issues, not necessarily for me
> >to get back to you.
> >----
> >"Chris in Tarzana" <Chris in
> Tarzana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >message news:F2AC6D2A-319F-49C4-8139-
> 09AD4996BDE7@microsoft.com...
> >> Whatever other issues "old" devildog has with Windows,
> I have to agree
> >> regarding WMP 10. I used it for a few days and was
> playing an mpg file
> >> when
> >> my computer locked. When I rebooted, I was no longer
> able to connect to
> >> the
> >> Internet or my home network (although the rest of the
> network could access
> >> the Web.) I checked all my settings and was beginning
> to wonder if I had
> >> blown my on-the-motherboard Ethernet, so I installed an
> old Ethernet card
> >> and
> >> had the same problem. I tried rolling back my system
> with both System
> >> Restore and GoBack, but neither could do so. I then
> tried to eliminated
> >> WMP
> >> 10, but it wouldn't roll back to 9. I downloaded 9
> from another computer
> >> and
> >> tried to install that, but I got the same message after
> trying to remove
> >> 10:
> >> installation failed, do you want to install from the
> Website? Sure, but I
> >> can't get on the Web. I even tried a USB connection to
> my cable modem -
> >> nope.
> >>
> >> It looks like I'm going to have to try the same answer
> as devildog,
> >> although
> >> aith a DVD burner, backing up will be easier. One
> thing is certain - I
> >> won't
> >> be using WMP 10 again.
> >>
> >> Chris B
> >>
> >>
> >> "Chris Lanier [MVP]" wrote:
> >>
> >>> >> No I had to use floppy disk .... error was
> generated when I tried to
> >>> >> back up to CD
> >>>
> >>> You mean in WMP? So you were trying to burn audio in
> WMP and it gave you
> >>> an
> >>> error? What was the error?
> >>>
> >>> >> Caused BSOD and shut down of XP
> >>>
> >>> What exactly did the BSOD contain?
> >>>
> >>> >> ...Windows will never work right, there will be
> too many problems
> >>>
> >>> Okay. Throw in all the stuff about you not liking
> Windows and it not
> >>> working. But for a smart guy like yourself, why are
> you using it? No
> >>> one
> >>> is forcing you to. Stop crying and switch to any
> Linux Distro or a Mac.
> >>>
> >>> >> read the post that is a common problem ... the
> MVP's and the others
> >>> >> should know that problems abound with WMP 10 ...
> >>>
> >>> Only a common problem if you don't try and fix it.
> Formatting clean and
> >>> forgetting about it keeps it common. With experience
> in computers you
> >>> should know this. Did you e-mail Zach as he asked you
> to? Was he able
> >>> to
> >>> help or suggest anything (Other then formatting)?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> NOTE: Replies are to help benefit others in helping
> >>> you and reproducing issues, not necessarily for me
> >>> to get back to you.
> >>> ----
> >>> ""old" devildog" <teymayATcableNOSPAMone.net> wrote in
> message
> >>> news:ObNyGBloEHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >>> > No I had to use floppy disk .... error was generated
> when I tried to
> >>> > back
> >>> > up
> >>> > to CD .... Caused BSOD and shut down of XP ...
> this is not a joke
> >>> > this
> >>> > is
> >>> > real ... the removal of WMP 10 damaged system files
> and caused the
> >>> > shell
> >>> > burner (ROXIE) to shut down .... you may think this
> is a joke but I
> >>> > have
> >>> > over 30 years of working on and with computers ( 2
> college degrees) ...
> >>> > I
> >>> > am
> >>> > not your everyday kid who had a minor problem ... I
> was working on
> >>> > computers
> >>> > when Billy Boy stole the code from Jobs to introduce
> Windows ..... said
> >>> > it
> >>> > then and I will say it now ... Windows will never
> work right, there
> >>> > will
> >>> > be
> >>> > too many problems ... too many problems from putting
> too many lines of
> >>> > code
> >>> > together and making them too dependent on each
> other .....
> >>> > Even after uninstalling the WMP 10 I couldn't
> install WMP 9 due to the
> >>> > error
> >>> > message that it was incompatible with my OS ... read
> the post that is a
> >>> > common problem ... the MVP's and the others should
> know that problems
> >>> > abound
> >>> > with WMP 10 ...
> >>> > The original problem was after installing WMP 10 the
> CPU went to 100%
> >>> > and
> >>> > held there for over 4 hours until I pulled the
> plug ... uninstalled the
> >>> > WMP
> >>> > 10 and then was never able to get WMP 9 or any other
> version back again
> >>> > ..... even uninstalled SP2 ... but still not
> installing of any version
> >>> > of
> >>> > WMP .... tried to restore back to before WMP 10 ...
> no luck ... even
> >>> > restored back 2 months with out and luck .... I was
> told by M$Crash
> >>> > that
> >>> > it
> >>> > was a problem between SP2 and WMP 10 .... did all
> the tricks and still
> >>> > now
> >>> > WMP at all ... and yes if system files are damaged
> by a poorly done
> >>> > program
> >>> > like WMP 10 the CD burning software can also be
> damaged .. you said it
> >>> > yourself ... the WMP uses the ROXIE software to burn
> music CD's ....
> >>> > bad
> >>> > WMP
> >>> > and poor uninstall code can and did cause the ROXIE
> software to fail
> >>> > ....
> >>> > I
> >>> > know it happened to me!!!!!!!
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > ************
> >>> > "old" devildog
> >>> > Simper Fi
> >>> > ************
> >>> >
> >>> > "Chris Lanier [MVP]" <cal2002a@hotmail.NOSPAM.com>
> wrote in message
> >>> > news:O3ZBMxkoEHA.2684@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >>> > | This is a joke right? Anyone who would use a
> floppy to back up data
> >>> > and
> >>> > | thinks that WMP is needed to burn a CD can't be
> trusted. WMP has
> >>> > nothing
> >>> > to
> >>> > | do with Windows XP's shell burner, it fact it uses
> the shell's
> >>> > burner!
> >>> > | Plus, WMP only burns audio to start with!
> >>> > |
> >>> > | I'm not sure what your problem was to start with,
> but it sounds like
> >>> > your
> >>> > | confused on a few other issues.
> >>> > |
> >>> > | --
> >>> > | NOTE: Replies are to help benefit others in helping
> >>> > | you and reproducing issues, not necessarily for me
> >>> > | to get back to you.
> >>> > | ----
> >>> > | ""old" devildog" <teymayATcableNOSPAMone.net>
> wrote in message
> >>> > | news:%23Ct0XtkoEHA.3564@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >>> > | > After almost 10 days I have fixed the problem
> that started when
> >>> > updating
> >>> > | > to
> >>> > | > WMP 10 .... I tried everything short of
> reformatting HD ... well
> >>> > yesterday
> >>> > | > I
> >>> > | > reformatted HD and reinstalled XP on my
> computer. After a long
> >>> > night
> >>> > of
> >>> > | > reloading all of my software ... installing all
> of my backups (had
> >>> > to
> >>> > buy
> >>> > | > 100 floppy disk to back up to because I could
> not burn a CD with
> >>> > out a
> >>> > | > WMP)
> >>> > | > ... I will say this...... remember this is my
> dime and my thoughts
> >>> > on
> >>> > this
> >>> > | > poorly written software ........
> >>> > | > WMP 10 is junk ... again I say junk!!! If you
> already have
> >>> > installed
> >>> > it
> >>> > | > and
> >>> > | > are having problems rolling back to WMP 9 or
> just having any
> >>> > version
> >>> > of
> >>> > | > WMP
> >>> > | > at all then reinstall XP ... if you are looking
> here before
> >>> > installing
> >>> > to
> >>> > | > see what the problems are then STOP ... and do
> not install .....10
> >>> > hours
> >>> > | > is
> >>> > | > a long time to spend getting rid of a poorly
> written program ...
> >>> > M$Crash
> >>> > | > needs to develop software that can be easily
> uninstalled and not
> >>> > block
> >>> > you
> >>> > | > from going back to a working package ..... once
> again M$Crash has
> >>> > pushed
> >>> > | > on
> >>> > | > the public the lead anchor of software
> >>> > | >
> >>> > | > My dime and my thoughts ...
> >>> > | > --
> >>> > | > ************
> >>> > | > "old" devildog
> >>> > | > Simper Fi
> >>> > | > ************
> >>> > | >
> >>> > | >
> >>> > |
> >>> > |
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>

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