Re: Windows Media Player BLINDSIDE update!


mae wrote:

"Mistoffolees" <mistyfac01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23XXGKO3mHHA.4848@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

| While your protests are noted, just what was the compelling reason
| for going to Microsoft or Windows Updates, finding an update to WMP
| 10 and then deciding to proceed to update? Was there something wrong
| with WMP 9 that came with Windows XP? Or were the enhancements to
| WMP 10.X and WMP 11 just that tempting, specifically related to DRM,
| copyright protection, piracy, etc.? IMO, WMP 9, out-of-the-box, is
| just fine.

Windows XP came with a version 8 of WMP.
--
mae


Probably referring to Windows XP-SP2, which included WMP 9.0.
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