Windows Media Player 9 problem

[Angel Blue01]

A Windows Update patch seems to have messed up Windows Media Player 9 on my XP Home computer.

I get all the Windows Updates stuff after they're released, either manully or via automatic updates.

But now I can't play ASF, WMA, WMV, MP3, who knows what else files.

I can only play MIDIs and wavs. (As far I've seen.)

I get an unknown error. The Web site tells me this:

  Quote

You have encountered the following error while using Windows Media Player:

Error#  C00D11CD

Sorry, no more help is available for this problem at this time.

I know that this a result of some recent patch, because I was able to do a system restore back to the 10th of July (when I installed several at once) and it worked fine. But that also did not pinpoint what the real culprit was, so I went back.

Now that restore point has been lost :(

I've uninstalled all the patched that the Web site says I have since that date that Windows allows me to uninstall. (Why can't you do some?)

No good. :(

I don't have time to do a reformat and reinstall Windows! :cry:

Help!

[manduck]

the codec have lost their working modules...uninstall the windows media player 9, then restart n then install it again....if the problem is not slove, i think u have to reinstall windows...

i think that update has cause problem with ur codec!

[uniacidz]

  manduck said:

the codec have lost their working modules...uninstall the windows media player 9, then restart n then install it again....if the problem is not slove, i think u have to reinstall windows...

i think that update has cause problem with ur codec!

Download the latest codec pack and install.

See how that goes.

Codec Pack here

[bangbang023 Veteran]

  manduck said:

the codec have lost their working modules...uninstall the windows media player 9, then restart n then install it again....if the problem is not slove, i think u have to reinstall windows...

i think that update has cause problem with ur codec!

man why the hell would he reinstall windows for a codec issue. people go from one extreme to another.

[hobsgrg]

  manduck said:

the codec have lost their working modules...uninstall the windows media player 9, then restart n then install it again....if the problem is not slove, i think u have to reinstall windows...

i think that update has cause problem with ur codec!

you can't uninstall windows media player 9 on windows XP, the only way of uninstalling it is by using system restore and this guy has said he's lost his system restore point now, i do however suggest re-installing it, that solved a similar sort of problem with it for me. I think it's a windows media player problem rather than a codec problem.

[EzeWong]

I recollect encountering a similair issue,

I beleive the remedy was reinstalling media 9 player beta... (key word beta)

Try that if all esle fails ;)

[iamnotwhoisayiam]

  bangbang023 said:

  manduck said:

the codec have lost their working modules...uninstall the windows media player 9, then restart n then install it again....if the problem is not slove, i think u have to reinstall windows...

i think that update has cause problem with ur codec!

man why the hell would he reinstall windows for a codec issue. people go from one extreme to another.

Thats not what he said....

[bangbang023 Veteran]

  WeeJames said:

  bangbang023 said:

  manduck said:

the codec have lost their working modules...uninstall the windows media player 9, then restart n then install it again....if the problem is not slove, i think u have to reinstall windows...

i think that update has cause problem with ur codec!

man why the hell would he reinstall windows for a codec issue. people go from one extreme to another.

Thats not what he said....

um yes it is look at the quote "if the problem is not slove, i think u have to reinstall windows..."

[Angel Blue01]

Well, I'll try the codecs first.

And then reinstalling it.

And that's all I can do.

In the meantime... I need a player that can handle the Windows Media formats (ASF, ASX, WMA, WMV, etc.) Ideas?

[bangbang023 Veteran]

i think winamp 2.95 might but I don't have it installed on my system. then again, without the working codecs, it doesn't really matter.

[Angel Blue01]

Does Winamp 2.95 play video files as well?

That's just as important in search of another player.

[Angel Blue01]

Well, the codecs didn't fix it.

I'll go get the installer, and try reinstalling it.

[Angel Blue01]

It worked! :D

Its great to have one less problem!

(I'd also like help with my my user.exe problems, but that's beside the purpose of this thread.) :)

[Angel Blue01]

Do I need to reinstall any codecs, like DivX?

Should I reinstall that codecs update pointed out?

[John Veteran]

no you shouldn't need to install other codecs, but if they aren't working properly, reinstall them.

[slang123]

download and run the media player setup, that might sort it