Some time ago, when I minimized Windows Media Player (v 10), I would get
taskbar controls and a mini video screen on the bottom right corner of my
desktop.  I don't get it anymore.  Does anybody know how to turn this on?
I'm running XP home.

I have xp workstations in a lab environment with restrictions set via group
policy (wmplayer.exe as an allowed app). WMP9 was working properly but since
I upgraded the image file with WMP10,  a non-admin user gets a brief
hourglass and nothing else.

Students are misusing Media Player during class time.  Can Media Player be
completely disable so that it can not be used without removing it from the
computer?

hi does anyone know how i can download a chinese simplified version of
windows media player that also displays chinese music as well, and not just
the normal windows media player w/ chinese characters?

Other than the media files contained in the "My Music" folder, what are the
Library files that need to be backed up if I want to move my current WMP 10
library to another computer.
Also, I have not configured WMP to save information such as Ratings with the

I can not listen to anything on my pc, windowXP home edition. What can I do
to solve the problem?

I installed Indeo XP codex. i downloaded FFshow thing, which played my AVI
files backwards. Honest. Then I got Gspot, and it said there was a " Partial
failure " in rendering.
Can anyone help ?

When I play .AVI, I can only heard the sounds. of the video, that's pretty
annoying, and i just don't seem to find the solution..

WMP10 on WinXP Pro.
It works for a while, then when I edit album info on one it will constantly
report that information for any CD I try to rip.  If I search for the albums
manually it will find the information and apply it with no problem.

At home, I got WME to successfully work with my webcam (a miracle).  At home, to TEST, I
used Windows Media Player and used the "Copy Internet URL"/"Copy LAN URL" both are the
SAME (one is uppercase, one is lowercase).  This URL looks like the "machine name" as far
as Windows is ...

What are the key shortcuts for playlist item move up/down please? Thanks.

Operating Windows XP Professional.
Having problem with audio quality.  Sounds like it’s in a tunnel and high
pitch, like on helium.  It’s like this when playing a CD directly or burn to
media player.  No error message.

I am running WinXP pro and windows media player 10.  Until last week, I have
been able to listen to live streaming from all websites. Now, on some sites,
on LIVE broadcasts, I get C00D1198: Cannot connect to the server. On the same
sites, I can get recorded broadcasts.

Suddenly and for no obvious reason, when I click on the 30-second Windows
Media sound files in amazon.com, they don't play.   The little WM window
pops up, but there's no file downloaded.  (The amazon Real Media ones are
giving me a whole different problem, but that's for another ...

For some reason my windows media player refuses to read .wav or .wmv files.
Every time I double-click on such a file the WMP window opens briefly and
closes without sending an error message.
I’ve tried to uninstall and reinstall WMP 10, but it doesn’t help.