Re: IE Won't open Media Player

From: Hank Oredson (horedson_at_att.net)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:26:09 -0800

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OYcgREr8EHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hank Oredson wrote:
>>>>> How the Attachment Manager works in WinXP SP2
>>>>> (applies to IE and streaming media)
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260
>>>>>
>>>>> IIRC, MS04-038 (or possibly another update) addresses the problem
>>>>> you're
>>>>> having. Check in at Windows Update and install all Critical Updates,
>>>>> please, then test those sites again. I would recommend that you
>>>>> enable
>>>>> Automatic Updates, too.
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for your suggestions. I now have Automatic Updates turned
>>>> on, and have installed MS04-038. The problem persists. It must be
>>>> something associated with IE since both Opera and Firefox work to open
>>>> Media Player. I could not find anything helpful in the KB 883260 file.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have any other suggestions:?
>>>
>>> [Hint: Sit tight and keep Automatic Updates enabled.]
>>
>> Can you give some clue on the time frame for the update?
>> This problem has rendered IE useless here ;-)
>
> Except for "out of band" releases, most patches are released on the second
> Tuesday of each month.

Thanks for the info, will see what happens next Tuesday ;-) 

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  ... Hank
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