Media Player 9 & Movie Maker 2 Final on Jan 7th, 2003

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According to the "Windows Media Update" e-mail, the final release versions of Windows Media Player 9 Series and Movie Maker 2 will be available January 7, 2003.

Not much else is known about these final builds, but I thought I would inform the public about the official release date. Also available on January 7, 2003 will be Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition, which delivers exciting new ways to enjoy your photos, music, and home movies with Windows XP. Stay tuned to see if any of these final builds will make their ways to the 'net earlier than expected.

View: Screenshot of Windows Media Update E-mail

News source: ieXbeta.com

There is one reminder for http://v4beta.windowsupdate.com site users:

On 12/28/2002, all servers in our lab will go off line due to building power maintenance. We are planning to gracefully shut the servers down at 12:01am on Saturday morning and bring them back online at 12:01am Sunday morning.

Happy New Year!

Thank you!
Windows Update Beta Program Management

(4 replies) #1 danbalsh on 18 Dec 2002 - 10:15

Yey!!!!!!!

Windows Media Player 9 really does rock! "do amazing things with Windows XP"

#1.1 xStainDx on 18 Dec 2002 - 10:44

[neoquote=#1.0 by danbalsh]Yey!!!!!!!

[/neoquote] "You can fly!!"

#1.2 Neobond on 18 Dec 2002 - 10:48

7 sucked 8 was miles better 9 even better I love it, haven't used WinAmp since WMP8 came out. (or since XP)

#1.3 nonick on 18 Dec 2002 - 13:18

[neoquote=#1.2 by Neobond]7 sucked 8 was miles better 9 even better I love it, haven't used WinAmp since WMP8 came out. (or since XP)[/neoquote] i wonder why im still using 6.2

#1.4 Skyfrog on 18 Dec 2002 - 17:29

[QUOTE]i wonder why im still using 6.2[/QUOTE] Beats me. Why [i]are[/i] you still using it?

#2 reaper1576 on 18 Dec 2002 - 10:59

odd i get the windows media update email and i have not seen that in the last few week more likely you will see DX9.0 at the same time

#3 uniacid on 18 Dec 2002 - 12:12

woohoo come out 1 day after my bday

(4 replies) #4 Trust on 18 Dec 2002 - 14:55

I still using 6.2...

#4.1 WEST on 18 Dec 2002 - 17:03

[neoquote=#4.0 by Trust]I still using 6.2... [/neoquote] 6.2 :disappoin 9.0 is better

#4.2 JaggedFlame on 18 Dec 2002 - 20:48

Oh, yeah, gotta love Trust ripping on Microsoft products when he's using five-year-old versions of them...

#4.3 kal-ky on 18 Dec 2002 - 21:18

I still use 6.4 sometimes, I never use 7 or up because they log whatever you view with it. MS doesn't need to know what I'm watching. Besides, it's only to see video, 6.4 does just fine. For my mp3 lovin', I use Coolplayer.

#4.4 JaggedFlame on 19 Dec 2002 - 03:00

First of all, it was anonymous usage data, so it's not like they knew what you were watching. Second of all, Windows Media Player 9 prompts you at first run whether or not you want to submit this data. It's off by default.

#5 s0ldats on 19 Dec 2002 - 00:44

i use the XP version and 6.4 when 8 doesn't play the videos

#6 Angel Blue01 on 19 Dec 2002 - 01:38

Its more than about time!!! I've been complaineng for months that the magazines have been bragginf about WMP 9 for months, and they're mostly very , very late and it still hasn' come out ! :disappoin Jan 7th...So that means I can't install it before the end of Christmas break then?

#7 [AMD]-SimGuy on 19 Dec 2002 - 04:32

WMP9 is miles ahead of 7.0 (which took the cake as the WORST media player EVAR)

It's about bloody time they released the final version! Just in time for second semester!

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