Does anyone know how to fix the problem of WMP 9 completely freezing/locking
up
Win2KPro? All my patches, updates etc are current.

Thanks in advance!

Have a look at Media Player Classic. At first sight this tiny progam looks
incredibly Spartan compared to WMP, but try using it a while and you'll
realise that it's a far more solid and stable piece of code.

Also useful with MPC are ffdshow for DivX/Xvid files, the WMP codec pack
from MS, Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative. With these, MPC will
handle most media formats.

"Robb" <rll69@(nospam)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know how to fix the problem of WMP 9 completely freezing/locking
>up
>Win2KPro?
It does the same on both of my Win2K machines, too. I had always
assumed the cause to be that I have WMP solidly locked out of gratuitous
Internet access with my firewall in order to prevent an unending flow of
m$ sludge.
FWIW, the m$ codec pack will not install unless WMP7 or better is
present on your computer. More insidiously, uninstalling WMP7 or better
also removes the codec pack. It's the m$ way....
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HTH,
Derald