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re: This worked on XP Professional
Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 11:41 pm
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Posted by Zach (2 messages posted)


WMP7 will never install on XP. The Roxio plug-in it would install would leave XP unbootable, and no one wants that. Both the OS and the WMP7 installer will thus block any attempts to install WMP7 on XP.

WMP8 is your minimum/baseline install of WMP on Windows XP.

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speaking solely for myself
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On Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 4:55 am, Bill V wrote:
>However .....
>
>This restored me to version 6.4, and I can't seem to install version 7 - I get a
>Windows Media Component Setup dialog box with an empty list of components that will
>be installed, and the 'next' button disabled. Description reads "You have the latest
>version of the Windows Media Player and all its components. No upgrade is available
>at this time."
>
>Well, at least 6.4 is functional and doesn't crash XP.
>
>


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re: This worked on XP Professional (Bill V: Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 4:55 am)

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