What is the version of Windows Media Player in Windows XP?

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George Hester wrote:
> I thought it was version 9. But I tried to install this:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;817855
>
> and couldn't because the error message said I either don't have Windows
> Media Player 9 installed or the one I have installed alreay has this update.
> But the later cannot be true for Windows XP came out in 2001 and this
> article is dated 2004. I am at SP1.

Windows XP came with Windows Media Player version 8 originally. The current
version of Windows Media Player is 10. You can get the current version from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/w [...] ault.aspx.
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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
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Try it and see what it says on a new installation ugga.

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George Hester
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"uggabugga" <uggabugga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How about opening Windows Media Player and clicking on Help then About
> Windows Media Player?
> --
> That's just like my opinion, Man........
>
>
> "George Hester" wrote:
>
> > I thought it was version 9. But I tried to install this:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;817855
> >
> > and couldn't because the error message said I either don't have Windows
> > Media Player 9 installed or the one I have installed alreay has this
update.
> > But the later cannot be true for Windows XP came out in 2001 and this
> > article is dated 2004. I am at SP1.
> >
> > --
> > George Hester
> > _______________________________
> >
> >

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It says Windows Media Player for Windows XP. It does not give a version
except for a version number. A look at dxdiag should tell you that version
numbers can be misleading. Thx anyway the first post provided what I asked
for I had never heard of a version 8 for Windows Media Player so when I saw
the version number being 8.00.00.4487 I didn't know what to think. So I
asked and 1 out of 3 isn't bad.

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George Hester
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"S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Open Windows media player>Help>About Windows Media Player-there you can
> verify which version you have.
> To download the latest version:-
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/w [...] fault.aspx
>
> regards,
> ssg MS-MVP
>
>
>
>
> George Hester wrote:
>
> > I thought it was version 9. But I tried to install this:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;817855
> >
> > and couldn't because the error message said I either don't have Windows
> > Media Player 9 installed or the one I have installed alreay has this
update.
> > But the later cannot be true for Windows XP came out in 2001 and this
> > article is dated 2004. I am at SP1.
> >
> > --
> > George Hester
> > _______________________________
> >