media player 11 problem

[zomp]

Originally posted this in the mce forum with not much luck-so here goes again.wmp 11 works fine with cd/dvd and plays downloaded video clips perfectly.However on sites which stream video(i.e not downloadable) it doesn`t work. Either the player appears and tells me its`ready` but when i press play nothing happens,or it tells me it can`t play the file.Clicking on `web help` doesn`t do anything.I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the player but it made no difference.Can anyone tell me in easy to understand terms(cos i`m a bit thick when it comes to computers)how i can get media player to work properly.I have tried doing a system restore but for some reason it can`t do a restore,to any date(and if anyone can tell me why that should be the case I would be most grateful).

[leeboy1411]

Hey there

Are you using internet Explorer 7 ?? if so it sounds like it could be that you windows media player add ons are not enabled to check this out go to tools> options> manage add ons> Enable or disable Add ons. There should be a drop down menu at the top click on it and select 'Add ons that have been used by internet explorer' scroll down and find the windows media player add ons ( if they are installed) and at the bottom of the windows there is a settings heading which will tell you if they are enabled or disabled

Try checking that out :)

PS: You probably can't choose a restore date either because system recovery is disabled or your disk usage is set to very low so it can't create a new restore point to check this out go to system restore and in the left hand column click on system restore settings ( under the paragraph of writing). High light the drive you want to set the settings for im presuming it will be C and then click on the settings button next to where the drives are listed this should display a window with the disk usage slider you can move the slider to increase or decrease the amount of space that system restore uses

Hope this Helps


Liam

[zomp]

Thanx for your reply leeboy-all ad-ons are enabled(to tell the truth I had no idea what they were till I read your message so thanx for that,you learn something new everyday :thumbsup:)-but it`s still not working i`m afraid:mad:.As for system restore problem-again I had no idea about the settings you mentioned but having checked,the maximum space allowed for a restore is already set.

As I mentioned on my original post on the MCE forum I have been tempted to simply roll back my computer to it`s original state(I`ve had to do this twice this year due to various problems cos I had no idea what else to do-isn`t it annoying when your computer crashes spectacularly 5 days after the warranty runs out!!!)and everythings worked perfectly (until the next crash),it`s just a waste of a couple of days re-installing everything .I hate to think how much of my life i`ve wasted trying to sort out computer issues with my limited knowledge.Is it really worth the hassle just for a few poor quality videos???.............YES.

[leeboy1411]

Hi again

Yeah lol well we all want full usage of our computer's before rolling back the computer I suppose you could possibly try uninstalling and re- installing internet Explorer 7 but before re-installing try browsing the videos on the old internet explorer 6 and see what happens, at the moment that's all i can think of but I will get back to you if i do hear anything new


Liam