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Windows Media Player 10 problems


windowela

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This message appears when I try to use it: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the required video codec is not installed on your computer." Do I need a video codec or something? I'm not really sure what to do.

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Thanks for the responses, but actually after about 4 hours of trying stuff, I figured out the problem. A couple days ago I chose to upgrade my wmp10, however I couldn't validate it because my version of windows is not "genuine." Then under +/- programs I removed wmp11 , returning to wmp10. However I still couldn't get it to work. I went back to +/- programs, and I guess there was another component of wmp11 still installed. I uninstalled it and now wmp10 works! Also AVI. files now play! where as they previously didn't. Not sure why that is.

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If you are running a wide variety of media codecs it isn't a bad idea to get yourself a codec pack, I personally use VLC and K-Lite. If you don't already have one.

Junior.

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