Win Media Player has gone insane

[DGDevin]

I have W7 Pro on a new desktop machine. Earlier today I was listening to
web radio via clicking on a link in Win Media Guide Internet Radio, then
suddenly I had no music. When I tried to reestablish a link I got an error
message that my computer's memory was low and I should close programs and
try again. When I clicked on "web help" on that error message I was told
maybe I don’t have the right codecs. So then I tried to listen to some
music stored on the hard drive (by clicking right on the music in its
folder) and got a "server failure" error message. And *now* if I try to
open a link to a web radio station nothing happens, ditto with clicking on
the media player icon on the taskbar--it also appears I have a stack of WMP
icons for reasons I don't understand. Yet if I go through Start>All
Programs>WM Center I get a WMC screen I've never seen before which will
allow me to play music from the hard drive although finding music I want,
editing track names etc. in this screen looks like it would involve endless
sideways scrolling. I'd really like to get back to the WMP screen I've been
using, not to mention figure out why I can't listen to web radio suddenly.
Any helpful ideas welcome.

 

[Tester]

Have you tried using Real Player to see if it is working? If not I
suggest try downloading and installing Real Player and test your music
in it:

<http://uk.real.com/realplayer>
<http://www.real.com/realplayer>

hth

 

[Paul]

I have W7 Pro on a new desktop machine. Earlier today I was listening
to web radio via clicking on a link in Win Media Guide Internet Radio,
then suddenly I had no music. When I tried to reestablish a link I got
an error message that my computer's memory was low and I should close
programs and try again. When I clicked on "web help" on that error
message I was told maybe I don’t have the right codecs. So then I tried
to listen to some music stored on the hard drive (by clicking right on
the music in its folder) and got a "server failure" error message. And
*now* if I try to open a link to a web radio station nothing happens,
ditto with clicking on the media player icon on the taskbar--it also
appears I have a stack of WMP icons for reasons I don't understand. Yet
if I go through Start>All Programs>WM Center I get a WMC screen I've
never seen before which will allow me to play music from the hard drive
although finding music I want, editing track names etc. in this screen
looks like it would involve endless sideways scrolling. I'd really like
to get back to the WMP screen I've been using, not to mention figure out
why I can't listen to web radio suddenly. Any helpful ideas welcome.

Would a Restore Point be of use at this time ?
Perhaps if you roll back the machine, to a time
before this happened, that will fix it. This only
works, if System Restore is enabled.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/system-restore

If I had to guess, it would be that some content on the
Internet Radio site caused this. You'll know for sure, once
you fix it with a restore point, and then attempt to listen
to the same Internet Radio station. If it corrupts a second time,
then something the Radio station is doing, is causing it. I
have no idea, whether the protocols involved, allow a hacked
Radio station, to damage or alter a computer.

You might also check, to see what updates have been done
to Windows recently, as the change in behavior might
correlate to something from Windows Update.

Paul

 

[Brian Gregory [UK]]

I have W7 Pro on a new desktop machine. Earlier today I was listening to
web radio via clicking on a link in Win Media Guide Internet Radio, then
suddenly I had no music. When I tried to reestablish a link I got an error
message that my computer's memory was low and I should close programs and
try again. When I clicked on "web help" on that error message I was told
maybe I don't have the right codecs. So then I tried to listen to some
music stored on the hard drive (by clicking right on the music in its
folder) and got a "server failure" error message. And *now* if I try to
open a link to a web radio station nothing happens, ditto with clicking on
the media player icon on the taskbar--it also appears I have a stack of WMP
icons for reasons I don't understand. Yet if I go through Start>All
Programs>WM Center I get a WMC screen I've never seen before which will
allow me to play music from the hard drive although finding music I want,
editing track names etc. in this screen looks like it would involve endless
sideways scrolling. I'd really like to get back to the WMP screen I've
been using, not to mention figure out why I can't listen to web radio
suddenly. Any helpful ideas welcome.

REBOOT.

 

[DGDevin]

"Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote in message

REBOOT.

I tried that to no effect. But this morning everything is working again on
its own although I still appear to have a "stack" of WMP icons on the task
bar. I continue to regret "upgrading" to Win 7, as XP and I got along just
fine.

 

[Clogwog]

So wipe the drive and install Linux Mint. Unlike XP, it will be supported
after 2014 and it's free. Get it at http://www.linuxmint.com/

Linux hobbyware OS'sen have always been cheap cos it sucks!
http://satisfaction.mint.com/mint/topics/mint_sucks-qf2xo?from_gsfn=true

"Mint is so bad it's really difficult to put into words. The most basic
functionality of any financial management tool is to be able to schedule
future transactions and see the impact they have on account balances.
Quicken Online allows users to schedule recurring transactions and see the
resulting account balance after each future transaction. Stunningly,
amazingly, inexplicably, unconscionably, shockingly, inconceivably,
preposterously, Mint does not allow the scheduling of future transactions
with the ability to see an account balance after each transaction. Without
this ability, Mint is utterly useless. My various financial institutions do
a better job of showing me my old transactions than Mint. What they (and
Mint) can not do is allow me to schedule future transactions to manage
expenses going forward. How Quicken Online could become Mint and lose its
most basic functionality is beyond all human comprehension."

"Linux made you stoopid", I bet? (most likely gay too)

 

[bobster]

"Tester" wrote in message
Have you tried using Real Player to see if it is working? If not I
suggest try downloading and installing Real Player and test your music
in it:

<http://uk.real.com/realplayer>
<http://www.real.com/realplayer>

hth

I have W7 Pro on a new desktop machine. Earlier today I was listening to
web radio via clicking on a link in Win Media Guide Internet Radio, then
suddenly I had no music. When I tried to reestablish a link I got an
error message that my computer's memory was low and I should close
programs and try again. When I clicked on "web help" on that error
message I was told maybe I don’t have the right codecs. So then I tried
to listen to some music stored on the hard drive (by clicking right on the
music in its folder) and got a "server failure" error message. And *now*
if I try to open a link to a web radio station nothing happens, ditto with
clicking on the media player icon on the taskbar--it also appears I have a
stack of WMP icons for reasons I don't understand. Yet if I go through
Start>All Programs>WM Center I get a WMC screen I've never seen before
which will allow me to play music from the hard drive although finding
music I want, editing track names etc. in this screen looks like it would
involve endless sideways scrolling. I'd really like to get back to the
WMP screen I've been using, not to mention figure out why I can't listen
to web radio suddenly. Any helpful ideas welcome.

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I see by subsequent posts that you have "solved" your WMP sound problem.
While it is my opinion that WMP-12 is a regression from previous versions, I
still use it and find it superior to other options such as Real Player and
QuickTime. I found those two to extend their tentacles to many areas of my
computer and were nearly impossible to root out once they got entrenched.
IMHO they should be avoided.

Winamp media player is popular with many who don't like WMP. I have never
tried it but have read man favorable reviews, primarily from the ABM
(anybody but Microsoft) crowd. Might be worth a try if you have more
trouble with WMP.

 

[JEDIDIAH]

Linux hobbyware OS'sen have always been cheap cos it sucks!
http://satisfaction.mint.com/mint/topics/mint_sucks-qf2xo?from_gsfn=true

"Mint is so bad it's really difficult to put into words. The most basic
functionality of any financial management tool is to be able to schedule
future transactions and see the impact they have on account balances.
Quicken Online allows users to schedule recurring transactions and see the

I dunno. It sounds like you are whining about how some local application
is not like some sort of web service. This seems entirely mindless to me.
The least you could do is compare the local version of Quicken to the local
version of whatever Linux app you are whining about.

 

[DanS]

Linux hobbyware OS'sen have always been cheap cos it sucks!
http://satisfaction.mint.com/mint/topics/mint_sucks-qf2xo?fr
om_gsfn=true

"Mint is so bad it's really difficult to put into words.
The most basic functionality of any financial management
tool is to be able to schedule future transactions and see
the impact they have on account balances. Quicken Online
allows users to schedule recurring transactions and see the
resulting account balance after each future transaction.
Stunningly, amazingly, inexplicably, unconscionably,
shockingly, inconceivably, preposterously, Mint does not
allow the scheduling of future transactions with the
ability to see an account balance after each transaction.
Without this ability, Mint is utterly useless. My various
financial institutions do a better job of showing me my old
transactions than Mint. What they (and Mint) can not do is
allow me to schedule future transactions to manage expenses
going forward. How Quicken Online could become Mint and
lose its most basic functionality is beyond all human
comprehension."

"Linux made you stoopid", I bet? (most likely gay too)

So what made *you* stupid and made you think the link you
posted was in any way shape or form talking about Linux Mint ?

You're about as smart as Boscoe.

Go ahead...now claim you did it on purpose.

 

[Brian Gregory [UK]]

Linux hobbyware OS'sen have always been cheap cos it sucks!
http://satisfaction.mint.com/mint/topics/mint_sucks-qf2xo?from_gsfn=true

"Mint is so bad it's really difficult to put into words. The most basic
functionality of any financial management tool is to be able to schedule
future transactions and see the impact they have on account balances.
Quicken Online allows users to schedule recurring transactions and see the
resulting account balance after each future transaction. Stunningly,
amazingly, inexplicably, unconscionably, shockingly, inconceivably,
preposterously, Mint does not allow the scheduling of future transactions
with the ability to see an account balance after each transaction. Without
this ability, Mint is utterly useless. My various financial institutions
do a better job of showing me my old transactions than Mint. What they
(and Mint) can not do is allow me to schedule future transactions to
manage expenses going forward. How Quicken Online could become Mint and
lose its most basic functionality is beyond all human comprehension."

"Linux made you stoopid", I bet? (most likely gay too)

So Linux (an operating system) is rubbish because it doesn't have the all
functionality of Quicken (an accounting program).

<sarcasm> Yeah that's an entirely fair comparison. </sarcasm>

I expect Windows without an accounting package is the same or worse.

 

[Steel]

On 2/2/2011 2:47 PM, Alias wrote:

<snipped>

You are known Linux whore in the MS ng, nothing new here you pussified
Spanish punk.

 

[Steel]

On 2/2/2011 2:32 PM, JEDIDIAH wrote:

<snipped>

Keep your damn mouth shut BIG MOUTH JEDIDIAH......

 

[DGDevin]

"bobster" wrote in message
"Tester" wrote in message

Have you tried using Real Player to see if it is working? If not I
suggest try downloading and installing Real Player and test your music
in it:

I try to avoid spyware if I can. RealPlayer has been on a couple too many
worst products lists for me to even consider it. I used to use Real
Alternative when I encountered Real files, but Real has lost so much market
share that there no longer seems to be a need.

 

[Steel]

On 2/2/2011 6:25 PM, DanS wrote:

<snipped>

Just checking fool to see if your dumbass would respond. You did good
fool.

 

[JEDIDIAH]

On 2/2/2011 2:32 PM, JEDIDIAH wrote:

<snipped>

Keep your damn mouth shut BIG MOUTH JEDIDIAH......

Linux hobbyware OS'sen have always been cheap cos it sucks!
http://satisfaction.mint.com/mint/topics/mint_sucks-qf2xo?from_gsfn=true

"Mint is so bad it's really difficult to put into words. The most basic
functionality of any financial management tool is to be able to schedule
future transactions and see the impact they have on account balances.
Quicken Online allows users to schedule recurring transactions and see the

I dunno. It sounds like you are whining about how some local application
is not like some sort of web service. This seems entirely mindless to me.
The least you could do is compare the local version of Quicken to the local
version of whatever Linux app you are whining about.

 

[Big Steel]

<snipped>

Just checking to see if you could keep your mouth shut. You failed
miserably.

 

[DanS]

On 2/2/2011 6:25 PM, DanS wrote:

<snipped>

Just checking fool to see if your dumbass would respond.
You did good fool.

As did you, responder.