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yesidowindows:
Hello everyone. First of all I love this site! unfortunately I am forced due to lack of knowledge and finances to use my windows pc. right now i have xp and i have windows media player telling me i can't play my wma files i got off kazza becasue they are corrupt and something about the license etc. so they are shot to hell. i want to get something else on my puter that i can play music files with. the less i have to do with microsoft the better. A friend put xp on my puter and i guess it is pirated so no upgrades for me which sucks now back to media player. there are no uninstall options for it anywhere! I tried to find uninstall but it doesnt seem to exist and yes i looked in hidden and system files. any advice on alternatives to windows media player and a way to get it off my machine would be great. also i cannot boot to dos either. only in safe mode. just another lovely windows drawback. thanks! you guys are too cool to be help us newbies and novices   :mad:

psyjax:
First off, piracy is not the answer. You shoulden't steal M$ crap, you should just not use it.

Second off, your stuck. WMP is the way of the future for windoze and it's just gonna get worse from there. Palladium, TCPA, and DMCA are all gonna get stricter and tougher till Billy finnaly convinces everyone that they don't truely own their computers, their just paying for the privalege to use them.

My advice would be to stop using WMP and switch to an alternate MP3 player and the like. Don't use windows media files, they will suck now from now on due to this new copyright dictator ship M$ has going.

But of cource, the true answer is, take the plunge, switch to Linux and be happy. Or get a Mac and run OS X, which is soooooooo much better than wintel it's sick.

In any case, weather or not you find a work around. These new policies are gonna be bitting you in the ass for years to come as long as you use that crappy OS. For god sake's take a look at the EULA!

Master of Reality:
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yesidowindows:
in response to the piracy comment. when i say pirated. i am stating that an acquaintance put the new os on my computer. I had windows me and he had a disk to upgrade me to xp. where he got it from , i have no clue. i am assuming it is in fact pirated since i cannot get the xp sp1 update. if you feel compelled to email or call them be my guest. i can always reinstall the other hideous microsoft creation (windows ME)if necessary
also ,for the record. i am married for 14 years i have 4 kids and i voted for bush. I am not a threat to anyone and do my best to mind my business. i just wanted to know how to remove media player. nuff said?!

cloudstrife:
yes, nuff said.

use winamp for your mp3s
try realplayer for .avi and .wma files, although you may not be able to get realplayer for free anymore.

tell me how these work for ya, and ask if helpis needed

peace out

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