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uninstall media player 9
Please someone tell me how to get rid of windows media player 9. I had
version 8 installed and never had a problem. I recently upgraded to version 9, big mistake. Now it locks up and plays whenever it wants to. I can see no advantage , can't believe why I didn't leave well enough alone. Now I can't find an uninstaller for what I installed. I have version 8 on cd, so if you can direct me how to uninstall 9 I would be ever grateful. thank-you Ray |
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Ray,
You will need to use System Restore to roll your system back to the state it was in before you installed WMP9. WMP8 is for XP and I don't believe it can be installed on Win Me. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004] RG wrote: Please someone tell me how to get rid of windows media player 9. I had version 8 installed and never had a problem. I recently upgraded to version 9, big mistake. Now it locks up and plays whenever it wants to. I can see no advantage , can't believe why I didn't leave well enough alone. Now I can't find an uninstaller for what I installed. I have version 8 on cd, so if you can direct me how to uninstall 9 I would be ever grateful. thank-you |
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I know I will be corrected if I'm wrong but I think the only way to
achieve this is by using System Restore to go back to before you installed it, as long as this is not too long ago. Joan RG wrote: Please someone tell me how to get rid of windows media player 9. I had version 8 installed and never had a problem. I recently upgraded to version 9, big mistake. Now it locks up and plays whenever it wants to. I can see no advantage , can't believe why I didn't leave well enough alone. Now I can't find an uninstaller for what I installed. I have version 8 on cd, so if you can direct me how to uninstall 9 I would be ever grateful. thank-you Ray |
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Boy am I glad I read these things! I was going to update
my WMP (on ME)! Thanks Mike for the heads up! Marilyn -----Original Message----- Ray, You will need to use System Restore to roll your system back to the state it was in before you installed WMP9. WMP8 is for XP and I don't believe it can be installed on Win Me. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004] RG wrote: Please someone tell me how to get rid of windows media player 9. I had version 8 installed and never had a problem. I recently upgraded to version 9, big mistake. Now it locks up and plays whenever it wants to. I can see no advantage , can't believe why I didn't leave well enough alone. Now I can't find an uninstaller for what I installed. I have version 8 on cd, so if you can direct me how to uninstall 9 I would be ever grateful. thank-you . |
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Marilyn
For the vast majority of people, there's no problem in upgrading WMP to v9 - it's only usually a problem if either 1 ) you have Norton AV installed and running during the install 2) you have Symantec software installed 3) you have malware/viruses present on your PC 4) you don't follow the instructions 5) you disable System Restore, or have it switched off, or the space available is not enough. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Marilyn" wrote in message ... Boy am I glad I read these things! I was going to update my WMP (on ME)! Thanks Mike for the heads up! Marilyn -----Original Message----- Ray, You will need to use System Restore to roll your system back to the state it was in before you installed WMP9. WMP8 is for XP and I don't believe it can be installed on Win Me. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004] RG wrote: Please someone tell me how to get rid of windows media player 9. I had version 8 installed and never had a problem. I recently upgraded to version 9, big mistake. Now it locks up and plays whenever it wants to. I can see no advantage , can't believe why I didn't leave well enough alone. Now I can't find an uninstaller for what I installed. I have version 8 on cd, so if you can direct me how to uninstall 9 I would be ever grateful. thank-you . |
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Thanks Noel.
Looks like I shouldn't have any problem -----Original Message----- Marilyn For the vast majority of people, there's no problem in upgrading WMP to v9 - it's only usually a problem if either 1 ) you have Norton AV installed and running during the install 2) you have Symantec software installed 3) you have malware/viruses present on your PC 4) you don't follow the instructions 5) you disable System Restore, or have it switched off, or the space available is not enough. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Marilyn" wrote in message ... Boy am I glad I read these things! I was going to update my WMP (on ME)! Thanks Mike for the heads up! Marilyn -----Original Message----- Ray, You will need to use System Restore to roll your system back to the state it was in before you installed WMP9. WMP8 is for XP and I don't believe it can be installed on Win Me. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004] RG wrote: Please someone tell me how to get rid of windows media player 9. I had version 8 installed and never had a problem. I recently upgraded to version 9, big mistake. Now it locks up and plays whenever it wants to. I can see no advantage , can't believe why I didn't leave well enough alone. Now I can't find an uninstaller for what I installed. I have version 8 on cd, so if you can direct me how to uninstall 9 I would be ever grateful. thank-you . . |
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Good luck - my personal preference is to download this sort of thing for
offline install - disconnect, and then disable firewalls, AV, etc.. - and then do the install. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Marilyn" wrote in message ... Thanks Noel. Looks like I shouldn't have any problem -----Original Message----- Marilyn For the vast majority of people, there's no problem in upgrading WMP to v9 - it's only usually a problem if either 1 ) you have Norton AV installed and running during the install 2) you have Symantec software installed 3) you have malware/viruses present on your PC 4) you don't follow the instructions 5) you disable System Restore, or have it switched off, or the space available is not enough. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Marilyn" wrote in message ... Boy am I glad I read these things! I was going to update my WMP (on ME)! Thanks Mike for the heads up! Marilyn -----Original Message----- Ray, You will need to use System Restore to roll your system back to the state it was in before you installed WMP9. WMP8 is for XP and I don't believe it can be installed on Win Me. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004] RG wrote: Please someone tell me how to get rid of windows media player 9. I had version 8 installed and never had a problem. I recently upgraded to version 9, big mistake. Now it locks up and plays whenever it wants to. I can see no advantage , can't believe why I didn't leave well enough alone. Now I can't find an uninstaller for what I installed. I have version 8 on cd, so if you can direct me how to uninstall 9 I would be ever grateful. thank-you . . |
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"Mike M" wrote in message ... Ray, You will need to use System Restore to roll your system back to the state it was in before you installed WMP9. WMP8 is for XP and I don't believe it can be installed on Win Me. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004] RG wrote: Please someone tell me how to get rid of windows media player 9. I had version 8 installed and never had a problem. I recently upgraded to version 9, big mistake. Now it locks up and plays whenever it wants to. I can see no advantage , can't believe why I didn't leave well enough alone. Now I can't find an uninstaller for what I installed. I have version 8 on cd, so if you can direct me how to uninstall 9 I would be ever grateful. thank-you I'm still on WMP 7 which came with WinME or IE6 and I haven't actually found it wanting. Regards Mike. -- "Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability" (David Brent). --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.772 / Virus Database: 519 - Release Date: 01-Oct-2004 |
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