Re: Just f'n great....

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"Jan Kalin" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <d9l069$7u3$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alan Smith wrote:
>>
>>"V Green" <vanceg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:emUtNCceFHA.3700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>> "Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:d9k94b$c72$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>> "V Green" <vanceg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:ugjvgTaeFHA.3880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >
>>>> > "Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> > news:d9jf8q$bp$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "V Green" <vanceg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> >> news:O47CZvSeFHA.1448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >> >I have a TON of music set up to play from
>>>> >> > .ASX playlists, hand edited so it does not matter
>>>> >> > where they are, they will play from any media I
>>>> >> > copy the playlist and content to.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Just upgraded the ROM on my hx 2755, which
>>>> >> > took me up to WMP 10, and now they're all
>>>> >> > broken. When I select them, the legend at the top
>>>> >> > of the screen runs through all the titles in the playlist,
>>>> >> > but does NOT play any of them.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > They play fine individually.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > What the HELL did MS do AGAIN to playlists?
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Why the HELL, every time I "upgrade", on either
>>>> >> > my PPC or desktop, does everything I've worked
>>>> >> > out to remove absolute path dependence get thoroughly
>>>> >> > broken?
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > This sucks, big time.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Well, be sensible. If you have trouble using new OS then don't
>>>> >> upgrade,
>>>> > use
>>>> >> the system you can understand. It is you that decides to upgrade,
>>>> >> not
>>> MS
>>>> > so
>>>> >> that is your fault.
>>>> >> You say it's happened in the past- if you don't heed past
>>>> >> experiences
>>>> >> that
>>>> >> ie your fault too- If you cross the road without looking and get hit
>>>> >> by
>>> a
>>>> >> car you continue crossing without looking? Or do you *learn*?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> **You** have responsibility for **your** actions. No-one else.
>>>> >
>>>> > Idiot.
>>>> >
>>>> > Address the problem, or keep quiet. Your "solution"
>>>> > doesn't even come close to the definition of that word.
>>>> >
>>>> > The ROM update is a necessary item for the severely
>>>> > broken hX series, it addresses many critical hardware issues
>>>> > keeping almost all of us who have one from being able
>>>> > to rely on them.
>>>> >
>>>> > Playlists that used to work, and don't any more are
>>>> > NOT my fault, that incompatibility lies squarely with
>>>> > MS, and whatever it did to WMP 10 that broke things.
>>>> >
>>>> > Anyway, for anyone else who may be interested,
>>>> > BetaPlayer handles my playlists just fine, so WMP
>>>> > will just get relegated to the ever-growing stack of useless
>>>> > MS apps in the PPC ROM that don't work well but
>>>> > cannot be removed to free up resources for other apps
>>>> > that do.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> It was your choice to upgrade. No one elses. If it doesnt do what you
>>>> want
>>>> you didnt research properly before you upgraded and make an informed
>>>> decision. That is your fault.
>>>
>>> Geez, Alan, you really are thick...
>>>
>>> The ROM update is an HP bugfix for 2k3SE, NOT an
>>> upgrade. WMP 10 got "upgraded" because of this (from
>>> MS WM WMP site):
>>>
>>> "Some Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition devices might
>>> not include Windows Media Player 10 Mobile because only
>>> the most recent update (known as Windows Mobile 2003
>>> Second Edition Adaptation Kit Update 2 (AKU2)) includes
>>> Windows Media Player 10 Mobile."
>>>
>>> Operative word here = "update".
>>>
>>> Going from 2k3SE to WM5 would be an example of
>>> an "upgrade" of the entire OS.
>>>
>>> All I really need are the fixes outlined on the HP site, which are
>>> significant. I was well aware that the update included
>>> WMP10, it is stated so on the README at HP.
>>>
>>> What is NOT stated anywhere that I could find, either
>>> with Google, on the MS WindowsMobile site, or via
>>> searching forums on Brighthand, etc., is that WMP10
>>> apparently uses a new playlist format incompatible with
>>> older .ASX formats.
>>>
>>> The benefits of the fixes far outweigh this inconvenience that
>>> WMP 10 has dealt me, and I have a workaround, my intent
>>> by posting here was to see if anyone had already crossed this
>>> bridge. Even if it had been possible to find out up front that
>>> this issue would arise, it wouldn't have stopped me from applying
>>> the update-the other fixes it has are just too useful. I would have
>>> posted here anyway, in hopes that another user had a solution.
>>>
>>> You apparently haven't, so please just shut up and
>>> let somebody who perhaps does get involved here.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>Sweet mouth. Perhaps you will improve once you reach your teen years.
>>Possibly not.
>>
>>You have the choice of whether to update. Part of that is having the sense
>>to check what the update does. If you accept the update you accept its
>>capabilities. Making the change then moaning about the change you made
>>shows
>>you to be .... well, I think you should know. It was your choice, live
>>with
>>it don't moan.
>
> With customers having this attitude, it's no wonder that M$ has been able
> to peddle unreliable SW for 20 years.
>
> If an upgrade or update breaks something (and we're not talking about a
> conflict with a third-party app - this is M$ software, for heaven's sake),
> I expect to be warned about it in large, friendly letters.
>
> --

The warning should be on youself when you buy- I don't checkout what I buy
in advance so will be back because it doesnt do what i want it to do- in
retrospect.

Don't forget your pda maker- it is their product and they implement the OS-
you have enough attitude to spread beyond MS. If it doesn't do what you
didn't check for before you bought it they are just as liable as MS.


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