On Dec 1, 2:32 am, Andrew E. <eckric...@msn.com> wrote:
> What are you trying to do in WMP that causes the errors...If trying to
> play dvds on WMP,did you know that ati cards get you free dvd playback
> software from ati web site,+ its on the ati installation cd...Other than
> that,
> error messages can be found
> at:http://support.microsoft.com/gp/tshoot_wmp11_more
> However usually its youre software or simple settings that cause them...
>
>
>
> "Bulldog" wrote:
> > Hi, just wondering if anyone can offer any help on a problem I'm having. I'm
> > running a PC with XP home SP2, 2.4ghz intel processor, 128mb radeon 9250
> > graphics card, 1gb ram and for some reason or other, no matter which of my
> > dvd drives I try to use, whether it be my DVD rom, DVD/CD-RW Combi or my
> > DVD-rw drive, nothing works. I try using WM Player 11 and WinDVD but they
> > both have an error message come up (Windows Media Player has encountered a
> > problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.) and
> > (Software DVD Player has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
> > sorry for the inconvenience.) If anyone has any idea's what is going on and
> > how I might fix it I would greatly appreciate it.- Hide quoted text -
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I had the same problems with Windows Media player (Ver. 9 & 11) DVD
player and Intervideo DVD, until I downloaded VideoLAN ( free at
www.videolan.org/ ) It works great.