WMP problems after webcam installation

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

isnt media player 10 available now???

update the dam thing

regards slayer





In news6ga22$bsj$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk,
mo <ian@istevens.wanadoo.co.uk> the stupid moronic freak from an alien
planet where his/her mother was a universal whore, wrote:
> I recently installed an unbranded webcam (I know!), and have since
> discovered that no media player will work on my PC. I have removed the
> webcam, and all related software, and still the media players crash -
> I have tried videoLAN, WMP 7 and Real Player. I am running w98 SE
> with C-Media sound card. Needless to say, they all played just fine
> before.
> Any ideas as to why this may have happened?
>
> Thanks

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

who knows?....possibly the player files became corrupted during the
installation.....

or the file associations are screwed up and need resetting....

either way updating cant be a bad thing as they probably just need
reinstalling....

regards slayer




In news6ikbf$7vh$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk,
mo <ian@istevens.wanadoo.co.uk> the stupid moronic freak from an alien
planet where his/her mother was a universal whore, wrote:
> Yeah, I thought of that, but as I say, none of the other media
> players I have tried have worked, so why should an updated version of
> WMP?
> What I'm looking for is an idea as to why the webcam installation may
> have affected the media players ability to, erm, play media....
>
> "ThE SlAyEr" <phlem1@speed-mail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:428c4740@news.greennet.net...
>> isnt media player 10 available now???
>>
>> update the dam thing
>>
>> regards slayer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> In news6ga22$bsj$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk,
>> mo <ian@istevens.wanadoo.co.uk> the stupid moronic freak from an
>> alien planet where his/her mother was a universal whore, wrote:
>>> I recently installed an unbranded webcam (I know!), and have since
>>> discovered that no media player will work on my PC. I have removed
>>> the webcam, and all related software, and still the media players
>>> crash - I have tried videoLAN, WMP 7 and Real Player. I am running
>>> w98 SE with C-Media sound card. Needless to say, they all played
>>> just fine before.
>>> Any ideas as to why this may have happened?
>>>
>>> Thanks