Re: wmp 11 continuously reinstalls itself


I admit to not knowing much about Media Center errors - I believe there is a
Media Center newsgroup here that woulld be better suited for your questions.

You also would do a mighty favor by reporting this issue back to Auslogics.
They may not care enough to fix it, but -- it sounds like they're doing
something they should be aware of. =\

-Z
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"not your average Joe" <notyouraverageJoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:534FD815-FC00-41FF-83DD-8B9E15809756@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You're right, it was deleted. Would erasing the paging file at shutdown
have
anything to do with why WMP wasn't working right? I only ask because I
run
Auslogics BoostSpeed to keep my computer running at full potential, and I
noticed that under Auslogics Track Eraser's advanced options, the option
to
erase the paging file at shutdown was selected. After deselecting it and
rebooting, WMP works just fine, even without me doing anything to the
registry. Also, I could really use some help with Windows Media *Center*.
I
listed the errors in my previous posts, but if this is the wrong
discussion
group, please tell me which is the right one so I can get it fixed.
Thanks.

Joe

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


So create a value named "test" there with the value being set to "test".
Restart the machine - is that "test" value still in the Preferences
registry
area?

I suspect it will have been deleted.

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"not your average Joe" <notyouraverageJoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
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After opening regedit and locating the folder, I found 4 groups of
permissions: my name (which is an administrator account), SYSTEM,
Administrators, and RESTRICTED. Only restricted doesn't have the full
control permission set, all the others do. Do I change restricted to
"full
control"? (I stay away from regedit unless I have to fix something like
this,
so I want to make sure I'm doing this right)

I also encountered another problem with windows media center (not
player).
Other than the component registration failure error (mentioned in my
previous
post) I got while running the program, I get random messages when I'm
not
running WMC that say "Windows Media Center Store Update Manager stopped
working and was closed." I think there's a bigger problem with media
center
than media player, and I'd like to get both fixed. Thanks.

Joe

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


Gotcha, that's not a reinstall, that's a reconfiguration. The
difference
in
words is small, the difference in fix is significant (as regards the
WMP
part).

This generally should indicate that you do not have write access to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences

Could you verify that you can write to that location? If you can, it
sounds
like something is resetting your preferences upon system shutdown or
startup, which would be random/a bad plan.

So right now this seems like some level of a registry permissions
problem.
There's a work-around available, but I'd prefer to avoid it since that
might
mask over some actual issue with your registry that you would benefit
from
getting fixed.

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"not your average Joe" <notyouraverageJoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
in message news:92F52F76-3E90-4278-8394-B407A5027242@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Alright, after clicking on my quick launch icon, or any other icon,
that
starts WMP, a screen shows up that says "Welcome to Windows Media
Player
11"
in white text in a blue bar at the top of the window. In the rest
of
the
window, there are 2 options, 1 for express install, the other for
custom
install. Selecting express automatically goes to the screen with 2
horizontal progress bars, indicating installation. Selecting custom
goes
to
a window with various settings: collect player usage history, send
player
ID
with usage data to Microsoft, view privacy policy, etc. After
setting
the
options and clicking next, the same screen appears with 2 horizontal
progress
bars. With both options, after the window with the 2 bars goes
away,
WMP
starts and functions normally. There is no specific error message
screen,
the config/install screen shows up.
I also found a problem with Windows Media Center, which also came
with
my
computer. After playing a video and clicking "close", I get a
Component
Registration Failure error, which says the following: "some of the
files
needed to play radio or video are missing or corrupt. Windows Media
Center
component registration may have failed." This is the first time I've
ever
seen that error since I started using it. Thanks for your help.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


What's the *exact* text of the error message that you get?

Knowing that I can probably guide you to the solution. If it's the
reinstall message, it's one thing, if it's the configuration
screens,
that's
another. The specific text would help me know which it is.

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"not your average Joe" <not your average
Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message
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I'm running into some problems with media player 11. It came
with
my
computer, which runs Vista Home Premium SP1. But after not
running
it
for
a
short amount of time or after a reboot, after trying to start
WMP11
I
go
straight to the "Welcome to Windows Media Player 11" installation
screen
and
must reinstall WMP to run it. I saw a similar problem with
someone
running
WMP 10 on Windows XP, and a registry change fixed it ->
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer

This doesn't exist in Vista, can anyone help me out here?





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