Re: media player 11 wont work

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:12:14 -0500, "markgill"
<markgill07@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Windows media player 11 came thru automatic update. Since this happened, I
put a dvd in the dvd rom and nothing happens. Can anyone suggest anything?

Do you have a WMP compatible DVD decoder installed ? Deccheck can test
that and let you assign a compatible one if it's got out of kilter :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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