Re: Microsoft tells you to use winamp...!

Multi-group post thwarted.

MS is a slow, lumbering giant. It began in its infancy by buying software
code or the company that has license to that software code. Very similar to
Symantec of the past decade, if not longer.

In the bigger picture, MS must get its OS product out the door. They can't
get it all right, and expect it to be right 2 or 3 years down the road due
to changes in that time period. Their other software products are similar
in nature. Except for critical updates for security, their upgrading is
relatively slow. And what you've pointed out has been fixed by the latter.
There are many MSKB articles noting problems with previous MS OS products
that have similar connotations that are no longer valid for a simlar reason.
Sometimes they fix the article, sometimes they lag fixing the article to
show the fix.

Have a nice day.

"Kenny S" <hotmail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ObBBF8BbFHA.2124@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This is from a MS' FAQ:
>
> "3.16 Why can't I play an MP3 file?
> If you receive a message that contains error codes 0xC00D0BB8 or
> 0xC00D1199 when trying to play an .mp3 file, the problem might be
> because the file has a compressed or unsynchronized ID3 header that
> Windows Media Player does not support for security reasons.
>
> For unsynchronized ID3 headers, see article 814129, "Error in Windows
> Media Player 9 Series When You Play Specific MP3 Files," in the
> Microsoft Knowledge Base.
>
> For compressed headers or other ID3v2 data, you can use a tag editing
> program to remove the information. For example, you can use the
> Advanced WMA Workshop, available from the LitexMedia Web site. Or, you
> can use Winamp 2.x, available from the Winamp Web site. To use Winamp
> 2.x, do the following:
> Open the file in Winamp.
> In the Playlist window, right-click the file, and then click File
> Info.
> Clear the ID3v1 tag and ID3v2 tag check boxes.
> Click Update."
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/faq.aspx#3_16
>
> LOL!
>
>


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