Re: Installation of Windows media

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OK - you can restore that directory then.
Does
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321445
help? In another instance that it did... I don't know if will here.

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"Toppan" <Toppan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I found the DRM folder and renamed it, still unable to install WMP.

No files are visible in the DRM folder, are they all hidden are just not
there?

Thank you for your continuous help



"zachd [ms]" wrote:


It should be hidden, so you would have to manually browse to the path by
typing out the path.

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Now Playing: "Maggot Brain" by "Funkadelic" in WMP10.
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"Toppan" <Toppan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You are correct I have never bought content from a music service using
WMP.

I could not find the folder C:\documents and Settings\All Users\DRM
I found the All Users subdirectory but there was no folder named DRM.

Please advise.


"zachd [ms]" wrote:


Oh, yeah. My bad.

Hm. OK, let's ask the question a different way:
* Have you ever bought content from a music service using WMP?
I'm going to assume the answer is no.

Rename the folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM
to
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM.bak
.... are you then able to start the player?

If not, we'll want to start hand-registering DRM files until we find
out
what's being cranky here...

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Now Playing: "Can't Contain Me [Diplo Remix]" by "Taz" in WMP10.
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"Toppan" <Toppan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Please forgive my lack of knowledge but how do I get to my WMP
library.
Do
I
need to open WMP first? Please remember that I have no working
version
of
WMP
on my computer.

Thank you for your continuous help

"zachd [ms]" wrote:


"Paid-for" content would be DRM / purchased content. If you go to
your
WMP
library, turn on the Protected column header if it's not already
on,
and
sort by that - anything marked Protected "Yes" would be destroyed
by
what
I
think you might best be doing here.

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"Toppan" <Toppan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you again for your response.
What is directly-paid-for content? Can you give me an example of
directly-paid-for content?

Thank

"zachd [ms]" wrote:


DRM ==> Digital Rights Management.

If wmploc is around, as you say it is, that sounds like DRM is
broken.
Have
you bought purchased content... ? You could theoretically nuke
your
DRM
store and probably get going again, but that's pretty drastic if
you
have
any directly-paid-for content.

-Zach
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"Toppan" <Toppan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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SP2 is installed and wmploc.dll is in the system32 directory.
What
is
DRM?

"zachd [ms]" wrote:


Are you using SP1 or SP2? I believe that error would
typically
mean
that
either DRM is broken or that wmploc.dll is missing... is
wmploc.dll
in
your
system32 directory?

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"Toppan" <Toppan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have tried all of the suggestions provided by yourself and
Dan
but
am
still
unsuccessful with the install. Here is a little more
background
on
my
issue.
I hade to reinstall XP due to a system crash and after the
reinstall
WMP
has
never worked. When I tried to open WMP9 an error window
opens
with
the
following: "Windows Media Player is not installed properly
and
must
be
reinstalled. Do you want to install the Player from the
Microsoft
Web
Site?",
I answer yes. I am then taken to the WMP download page to
download
WMP10.
All
attempts to install fail after this point.

Thank you for any help you can provide.


"zachd [ms]" wrote:


Or you can run :
mp10setup.exe /c:"setup_wm.exe /DisallowSystemRestore"
to run the standalone installer with System Restore point
creation
turned
off. You would want to create your own Restore point, of
course,
but
that
will let you do it.

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"Dan Corban" <DanCorban@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in
message
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I have noticed this same error when trying to upgrade
WMP9
from
within
WMP
itself. It has happened on many systems since the
release
of
WMP10
and
each
time the setup log shows the same error. I tested it
again
a
couple
days
ago
on my personal system and it still happens. I have
deduced
that
it
is
ultimately due to System Restore. The log file shows
that
the
setup
tries
to
delete the temporary wmsetup.exe file (from the Windows
temp
folder)
and
is
unable to, due to it still working on creating a System
Restore
point.
The
setup then errors out without performing a few other
steps.
I
am
not
sure
how
important these extra steps are as they are vaguely
described
and
WMP
actually gets upgraded to version 10.

You can upgrade successfully if you do one of the
following:
Disable System Restore (not recommended)
Upgrade using Windows Update (it is listed under
optional
components)
Upgrade using the standalone setup from the web site
(recommended
since
it
is a newer version than the one from the integrated
updater
and
Windows
Update).

The standalone setup is at:
http://tinyurl.com/4qoth

"Toppan" wrote:
The last 4 lines in the log file are as follows:

ERROR: Package 'WMP10'. Result: 0x800700b7.

Setup complete. Result: '0x800700b7'.
System restore end point set.
Setup has failed.














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