how do i set windows media player to be my default player on the web. O.P. System xp service pack 2?
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Open WMP and go to the Tools menu and then to Options. Then select "Types of files" (or "Files Types" ?)  and  you will see an option to "Select All" and "Aply"! I think this will do the trick!
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It's quite simple really. Follow the following steps. I guarentee nothing will go wrong.\nClick on Start\nClick on Run...\nType in regedit\nPress OK\nClick on the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\nClick on the plus sign next to SOFTWARE\nClick on the plus sign next to MICROSOFT\nClick on the plus sign next to MEDIAPLAYER\nClick on the plus sign next to PLAYER\nClick on RecentFileList\nMake sure windows media player isn't open. If it is, close it.\nHit Delete\nYou're done.
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u can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/default.aspx\n\nNote that it's still a "beta" version (meaning it's not  yet released for normal usage) and  u need  Windows XP to run it.
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Windows Media Player... free from microsoft
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Open media player and then click 'tools - options - file types' then select each file type that you want media player to be the default for.
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Win2000 does not support Media Player 10
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dont use the sofware that came with it. use windows media player if ur using a winndows based pc. hope this helps
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Find a file that you want to open under the default media player...right click it and select "open with..." and then select your media player.
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* Go to the add / remove programs in control panel. If you're using XP SP2, you'll see a 'show updates' box at the top of the add / remove programs. Turn it on.\n* Select "Windows Media Player 11".\nOR\n\n* Click the START button and select Run.\n* Type in: regedit in the command box.\n* When the regedit window appears, expand the HKEY LOCAL MACHINE by clicking on the plus sign to its right.\n* Now Click on the plus next to SOFTWARE, then MICROSOFT, then WINDOWS, then CURRENT VERSION and finally UNINSTALL\n* When you expand the Uninstall folder, you'll see all the programs currently installed, such as the uninstall Windows Media Player or etc.\n* Click on the folder you want to uninstall, in the box on the right you will see five strings:\n* DisplayIcon, DisplayName, ParentDisplayName, ParentKeyName and UninstallString..\n* Double click UninstallString and a box will appear with the uninstall string highlighted.\n* Right click on the highlighted entry and select COPY.\n* Close the Regedit window.\n* Select the START button and click RUN.\n* Right click inside the command box and paste the uninstall string and click OK to uninstall Windows Media Player 11.
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manually open windows media player, it should give you a prompt stating that win med player is no longer the default player, it will ask if you want to set win med player back to default player, tell it YES. if the prompt does not appear then you need to click start, click Set program access and defaults.  click the down arrows to the right of custom. Scroll down to media player now select windows media player and then click ok, it should work just fine now
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Goto Control Panel-> Add or remove programs then select add or remove windows components there you should find windows media player option marked unmark it and press next and follow the instructions it would uninstall WMP
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Go to microsofts site and reinstall media player.\nYour version may be corrupted.
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go to start click on set program and default access click on custom scroll down to media and check media player
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You have a corrupt installer which has not registered itself properly with the codecs present in your system.\nYou can only download a fresh copy for it to work properly.\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx
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Windows Media Player \nAdvantages.\n1. It is a microsoft product and it is comming as part of the windows OS. No need to download and install seperately.\n2. Need not update it seperately. It ll get updates as part od OS updates.\n3. No irritating ads will pop up.\n4. Will not run any software in backgound after i close the WMP.\n5. Most of the online media supports WMP first.\n\nReal Player.\nIt has got both free product and anotherversion which need to be bought.\nAdvantage\nCan play Real media format.
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Download the latest Media Player 10\nAdvanced users try the Beta version 11.\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/\n\nSearch Media Player
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You can either change the file associations (what they call MIME Type Assignments).  However, I would just re-install Media Player.  It will take over agin and its much easier.