Well, you said it, "Netflix's stupid thing" It is just that!!! I encourage everyone who has a Netflix account to complain to neflix about their horrible streaming service that is dependent on WMP11, IE7 and even then doesn't work half the time. Instead of WMP11, try using VLC Player as it will play most media formats (except Netflix, but I would cancel that if I were you!). And as for picture viewer, there are many third party viewers out there that are better then anything Microsoft could make. My favorite viewer is VuePrint (http://www.hamrick.com/upg.html). yea man, their online movie selection isn't even decent.. i'm in the trial period and will just cancel i guess. they blow goats