Re: Can't roll back to wmp9 Desperately want to though.
From: Michael Ducharme (MichaelDucharme_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 05:13:02 -0700
I apologize... I though we were still discussing the reason why one might
want to rollback the WMP10 install. During the quick reading of your post I
saw "Again, I would love to know what is causing this issue.". I assumed you
were asking about the original issue. My bad. Sorry
Portly
"zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
> That's completely not a related problem, and provides no value nor
> information that could be associated to the questions I asked. If you want
> to post a different post, I might respond to it as time allows. But in the
> context of the questions I asked which were extremely specifically about the
> "rollback" issues I mentioned, your post is irrelevant and therefore I will
> ignore it and hope that I can get relevant information from other sorts who
> might have that information. =)
>
> Sorry: I'm looking to get some answers here, and addressing your issue under
> this guise would merely meander us from the point of this "rollback"
> investigation. =\
>
> -Zach
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> Now Playing: "The Four Mills Brothers" by "Van Dyke Parks" in Windows Media
> Player 10.
> --
>
> "Michael Ducharme" <MichaelDucharme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:31AA267C-9633-4A39-B0B0-25A9F85580A0@microsoft.com...
> >I am having similar problems. Maybe I can be clear enought to help you
> > understand the issues.
> >
> > For Starters...
> >
> > OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> > OS Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
> > Page File Space: 1280304 KB
> > Processor: x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1004 Mhz
> > Total Physical Memory: 523744 KB
> > Total Virtual Memory: 2097024 KB
> >
> > Windows Media Player Version: 10.00.00.3646
> >
> > I am trying to open any video file (mpg, avi) in both DivX and XviD
> > formats.
> > Note: this was not a problem in WMP9 with the correct codecs. If I
> > double-click the left mouse button on the file in explorer, the file opens
> > WMP10 and starts to play. Slowly at first and then move to normal speed
> > afterwards. While the video is playing Explorer goes into a (NOT
> > RESPONDING)
> > state. I have to Ctrl-Alt-Del and end the task manually through Task
> > Manager. This happens everytime. I am using the latest DivX and XviD
> > codecs. Now this issue might be with the codecs... may not. Many people
> > are
> > having this same issue. Needless to say, The WinXP SP2 and WMP10
> > combination
> > have not worked out well for me.
> >
> > Portly
> >
> >
> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> If you have any specific repro steps which help me to identify any
> >> specific
> >> failure in the WMP10 uninstall or rollback procedures, I would be
> >> extremely
> >> grateful.
> >>
> >> At this point, I am unaware of any specific bugs in the WMP10 rollback
> >> code.
> >> I would love to be made aware of them and how to reproduce them. If you
> >> can
> >> provide information on how to reproduce those errors, I can try to look
> >> at
> >> them. Without this information, though, unfortunately this remains just
> >> an
> >> issue that I'm paying attention to without adequate information.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, the PC ecosystem is quite complex. One particular issue
> >> people had with the WMP installer was found out to be caused by
> >> SAPinst.exe,
> >> which has absolutely nothing to with WMP nor multimedia. This complexity
> >> means that all sorts of random things can happen to a system, and it is
> >> often only through intelligence and diligence that one can identify what
> >> might be causing a particular reported issue. If you could shed any
> >> light
> >> upon your problem, I'd appreciate it. Unfortunately, without repro steps
> >> here, I can only have a vague understanding of where the problem might be
> >> sourced from, and that basically leaves all involved at square one.
> >>
> >> Again, I would love to know what is causing this issue. If you could
> >> provide that information, I would be grateful. Without that information,
> >> I
> >> will simply be forced to do the right thing here based upon available
> >> information, which is to pay close attention to the issue, ask relevant
> >> questions where possible, and hope to garner more specific information
> >> and
> >> data points over the time to come.
> >>
> >> If anybody *can* point out to me the steps required to make WMP10
> >> rollback
> >> fail (or even "better", how to encounter the "incompatible version of
> >> Windows Media Technologies" error), I'll try to snag an extra WMP10
> >> t-shirt
> >> (given to the WMP10 development team - provided there are any extra
> >> shirts
> >> left) as a reward. This issue is close to my heart, but very few data
> >> points have crystallized as yet. =\
> >>
> >> -Zach
> >> --
> >> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> >> See http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> Now Playing: "Motivation" by "Tommy Stinson" in Windows Media Player 10.
> >> --
> >>
> >> ""old" devildog" <teymayATcableNOSPAMone.net> wrote in message
> >> news:%23$Ezt8VpEHA.4008@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> Your problem is with WMP 10. I had to reformat to get all traces of WMP
> >> 10
> >> off of my machine.
> >> Uninstall on WMP 10 does not work correctly. Maybe the uninstall
> >> problems
> >> are linked to SP2?
> >> How about it M$oft?
> >> How about it "zachd [MS]"?
> >> --
> >> ************
> >> "old" devildog
> >> Simper Fi
> >> ************
> >> "Chris Lanier [MVP]" <cal2002a@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> >> news:e10sNK2oEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> | How exactly is WMP causing explorer.exe and iexplore.exe to crash?
> >> Your
> >> | problem is/was not WMP 10, its Windows. Your posting in the wrong NG
> >> to
> >> get
> >> | help with Windows XP.
> >> |
> >> | --
> >> | NOTE: Replies are to help benefit others in helping
> >> | you and reproducing issues, not necessarily for me
> >> | to get back to you.
> >> | ----
> >> | "IHateWMP10" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> | news:218e01c4a35e$a2301550$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> | >I can't even begin to explain how disgusted I am with
> >> | > WMP10. I want to go back to 9, but when I do the add
> >> | > remove programs thing, Windows fails to roll back to 9
> >> | > regardless of what the pop up window tells me it just
> >> | > did. WMP 10 still comes up, and the restore point it
> >> | > created doesn't work either. "Windows failed to load the
> >> | > restore point" or whatever the wording is. I get nothing
> >> | > but c++ run time errors and it crashes IE and Windows
> >> | > explorer all the time. It freezes up constantly it
> >> | > doesn't close unless you go through task manager and end
> >> | > process and if you have something playing when you click
> >> | > the top right "x" it keeps on playing the audio and just
> >> | > hides the picture. This is without a doubt the WORST
> >> | > piece of software I have ever downloaded. How do I get
> >> | > rid of this big pile of poo?
> >> |
> >> |
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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