IE7 and media player problems

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steeliehunter - 11 Feb 2008 20:53 GMT

I have IE7 and Vista x64 installed. Everytime I visit a webpage containing
movies, they will not play. I simply get a "page cannot be displayed" error
when clicking the movie links. Other browsers like Firefox and Opera will
work for these same sites; i click the links, and windows media player 11
opens and plays the movies. IE7 will not play them. I tried resetting back
the defaults and still the same thing happens. Any help would be appreciated.

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steeliehunter - 11 Feb 2008 21:21 GMT

someone previously posted a working solution:

Click Start and go to Default Programs
Then, select Set Program Access and Computer Default
Click Continue
Then choose a configuration - select Custom (click the double arrow beside
Custom). Scroll down the list and under choose a default media player, select
Windows Media Player.
Then click OK.

> I have IE7 and Vista x64 installed. Everytime I visit a webpage containing
> movies, they will not play. I simply get a "page cannot be displayed" error
> when clicking the movie links. Other browsers like Firefox and Opera will
> work for these same sites; i click the links, and windows media player 11
> opens and plays the movies. IE7 will not play them. I tried resetting back
> the defaults and still the same thing happens. Any help would be appreciated.

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Seymour Newman - 12 Feb 2008 00:24 GMT

I just tried the working solution and it worked for me.

> someone previously posted a working solution:
>
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>> the defaults and still the same thing happens. Any help would be
>> appreciated.

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