Modifying Service pack 2?

[Dirtbag]

Hello everyone

I currently have Win XP Pro with SP2, and I made the huge mistake of installing WMP9. I've read a lot of websites on how to get rid of it. What they all say is you cannot remove it, just delete shortcuts, unless you uninstall SP2. I was pointed to nLite. I read your guide and I have a question about nLite. I'm currently downloading SP2, and would like to take WMP9 out of it, then install the SP. Can nLite do this without having to create an iso?

[prx984]

You'd have to integrate SP2, then run it through nLite and obliterate WMP. That's the only what I know doing it.

[Dirtbag]

You'd have to integrate SP2, then run it through nLite and obliterate WMP. That's the only what I know doing it.

Hmm, what do you mean by integrate SP2? Add it to my recovery cd?

[startrekrobs]

are you talking about Windows Media Player 11 , or 9 ?? I think WMP11 is the one that has problems at least with stuff like creative zen m players in usa , I can't get it to copy and detect my player after installing WMP11 , I have been stricking with wmp10 for the time, I remove it I think you have to install a copy with wmp10 and xp on your system, uninstalling is not a good , it still does not work right after going back to old version , not sure if thats your problem with it but its mine problem with wmp11 and thats why I am keeping 10 on and 11 off my computer

[Dirtbag]

Na, I mean WMP9. I was using MPC (media player classic 6.4) and I installed WMP9, because I thought I needed it for a codec, which (after I installed) I didnt. I did not know that you cannot uninstall it, it just removes the shortcuts. Im trying to go back to MPC and delete WMP9. Ive set the defaults to MPC, but want WMP9 off my pc.

Btw, from a couple articles I've read, WMP10 "phones home".

[startrekrobs]

WMP10 phones home is that a joke? why would microsoft make media player 10 phone home, but really I never saw it try and phone anyone, also I have wireless-g network, with no modem in my computer so I don't no if it really phones home or if thats a joke, but I like using the media player classic two , its not made by microsoft I think or at least it has nothing to do with WMP9 that was media player 9, which is a different program than classic player I think

ok I got two ideas I don't no if it helps , first check out

http://www.free-codecs.com/

it has a lot of real codecs that video uses also comes with the Media Player Classic

I like that one because I am control the video with num lock and 8 to make anime video bigger in size, without changing the real file

also check out http://www.animesuki.com/

theirs a link to a video codec called

Combined Community Codec Pack

http://www.cccp-project.net/

I also use K-lite codec pack off of http://www.free-codecs.com/ site

also did you try and take that media player 10 addon off of http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack.html

and use RyanVM WMP10 Addon 3.1 January 14, 2007 10.0MB with your nlite cd, you can use the nlite cd and intergrate these addons with it then reinstall it from a new burned cd with wmp10 into that cdrom

Edited February 14, 2007 by startrekrobs

[RaGhul]

startrekrobs,

I don't think "phones home" is a joke at all. It wouldn't be the FIRST time an M$ app did that. Heard of Alexa? And actually, I think it DOES phone home, at least in 10 and 11. I'll check, and post what I find.

Also, WMP11 has DRM, and a bunch of other crap added to it. I mean, there's alot of nice stuff in it, but lots of crap, too.

All those codecs you mentioned are nice. I myself use ffdshow. It has been revived by clsid and xxl. It's listed on a lot of download sites, but most of them list the wrong one. Here is a link to the project at SourceForge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/

I've downloaded the nightly builds many times, never had a problem. I use it together with Media Player Classic, another SourceForge opensource project.

Dirtbag,

I hope you didn't get those two confused. The opensource version looks alot like 6.4 (It's in fact based on it.), but it's MUCH better. Here's a link: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ackage_id=84358

And if you wanna add WMP11 without all the crap, download boooggy's WMP11 Tweaked Addon (using nlite):

http://boooggyaddons.xable.net/

I wouldn't remove Media Player from Windows. You could lose some functionality (like with .WMA or .WMV files), but you don't necessarily have to update to 11 either. Up to you.

Hope this helps.

[startrekrobs]

I tryed that wmp11 you said before, in the nlite cd, their a problem is that my creative zen vision m 30gb player needs a driver only found in wmp10 for it two work , it uses drivers from it , to access usb to mp3 player , in 11 player addon it seems to lose or fail to load the drivers for the mp3 player , and extracting them from a wmp10 installer works partway, but for some reason it fails to copy over music , or non-microsoft video files like avi type, thats why I keep wmp11 off my system nlite cds, why I need wmp10 still, if you heard about the problems between wmp11 and creatives zen vision m players, I have the newest firmware on my player two so thats not the problem, otherwise I would keep 11 on a cd if it did not break the use of my mp3 player

Edited February 14, 2007 by startrekrobs

[Dirtbag]

@startrekrobs

Here is one of many articles on WMP10 that "phone home"

http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/18363

A quote from article

Microsoft's Media Player 10 Privacy Statement........if you read it you will see that it does state that information and idenity of music played is sent to other companies!

@RaGhul

Yeah thats the MP I use too. I also use ffdshow. I didn't need a codec, I just thought I needed 9 for streaming, but MPC does that too. I also don't want WMP10 or 11, just want MPC to be the only one on my pc. Before I installed SP2 the only MP I had on it was classic. I don't care if I lose functionality of .WMA or .WMV, I don't use those file types. =)