Re: WMP Taking Over!!!!

Phill: If you uninstall through Add/Remove in the Control Panel in Windows XP, you will get WMP10 back by default. I also have WMP10 installation pgm on hand if I need it for repairs, or if the installed version goes belly-up for some unknown reason.

I understand that if you have Vista, you are SOL, and are STUCK with WMP11 forever and ever, amen.


Doug W.
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"Phill_mhw" <Phillmhw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:489E1B1F-D4E1-4237-86A7-DDF5DFE3EB28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Doug,

I was thinking of doing this very thing. If I remove WMP11 using the
add/remove programs folder will I be able to download WMP10 from thE net or
will I be forced to re-instALL wmp11?

Phill


"Doug" wrote:

Why do you guys keep on fighting WMP11? It is not user friendly.
All that I can figure is that you must be brutes for punishment.
Just uninstall the BEAST and the WMP11 runtime as well and
revert to WMP10. WMP10 works reasonably well, at least for most
of the users that I know of.

Doug W.
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"Dale" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Crispy983" <Crispy983@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message
> news:72317EB7-F842-44C0-A3DD-F7E3785503E6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I downloaded a Mp3 v2 tag editor and spent about 2 hours
>>fixing all of my
>> music how IIIIII wanted it. Only to have WMP start making
>> changes as soon as
>> I imported the library. I had all 3 options that have to >> do
>> with connecting
>> to the Internet or updating my media turned off! The only
>> way I got it to
>> stop was to have Norton's firewall block WMP from >> connecting
>> to the internet.
>> Don't get me wrong but aren't programs like this supposed >> to
>> give you the
>> tools to control your files the way you want and give you >> the
>> OPTION to auto
>> manage your library, not just automatically take over, and
>> definatly not to
>> take over after you have set all the options telling it >> NOT
>> to?
>
> That was the old way - letting you control your own
> experience. It used to be that Windows, including Windows
> Media Player, had the goal of allowing you to personalize > your
> own experience. The new direction at Microsoft is
> standardization instead of personalization. Many of the > user
> configuration features that used to exist just are not > there
> anymore.
>
> Just to double-check, though, there is one setting on the
> Player tab:
>
> Connect to the Internet
>
> One setting on the Library tab:
>
> Retrieve additional information from the Internet
>
> And two settings on the Privacy tab:
>
> 1. Display media information from the Internet
> 2. Update music files by retrieving info (sic) from the
> Internet
>
>
>>So if anyone
>> knows how to make WMP listen to ME and not just do what it
>> wants let me know.
>



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