Stupied windows media player...

Ever since i formated my computer windows media player is been like messing up whenever i try to use Internet Explorer to watch a movie in like if i go to a website that has a movie on the site that uses media player it wont play, it looks like this " http://digital-agony.com/upload/images/untitled.bmp " and i dont know why? i tried uninstalling windows media player and then reinstalling it (i have the latest version with all updates for everythin windows xp offers). what can i do to fix this?

I think i went to yahoo.com and click a video and asked me if i could see the video and i hit yes without even lookin and since then its been "F'd" up....would be greatful for a solution...


Thanx

opps i posted in the wrong catigory....forgive me

Try going to tools>internet options and under the advanced tab scroll down to multimedia and make sure the "Play videos in web pages" box is checked, if it already is, I don't know what is happening.

its checked still doesnt work

Reinstall the player, and make sure you have the latest updates from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ If you are still having problems go to PC Pitstop and see if they can identify your problem. If not check in again. ;)

Maybe your registry got screwed up. I don't know if mine is correct either so please don't think yours is wrong if it is not exactly like mine. Also, beware of messing with the registry, if you screw it up, you will have to reinstall windows most likely. Here is a pic of some of my settings for IE and video:

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Oh and if you have never used it, just go to start>run and type regedit. Then navigate to the folder in the string within the image. Please don't mess with it too much if you have never before. I don't want you to mess up your computer.

If you are not familiar with working with your regitry, a program like REGCLEAN.EXE could help you out. If It does not nessessarily clean your entire registry then download a SHAREWARE version for the trial period. Go to www.webattack.com and use a SHAREWARE or a FREEWARE registry tool. If you do not know where to look, just type "registry", in the search area.

FSCKING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.

Hey, everyone should post this comment. I would suggest that if you have not wiped out your machine in the past 6 months, just wipe it out completely.

Problems with Media Player, IE or the Windows Installer are usually a big pain in the butt and its easier to start fresh.

i just formated like a month ago, I used regedit to view it, but the thing is i dont have just like "audio/mpeg" i have like audio/x-mpeg or audio/m-mpeg or audio/mpeg4 but yet the 4 i think is to play divx and stuff but i did see the audio/mpeg but looked the same and used regclean...it found errors but didnt fix it....ever since i went to yahoo.com and clicked yes its been f'd up

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Have you tried uninstalling it?

Just uninstall it, then download a fresh copy from microsoft.

yes i have reinstalled it

has anyone actually looked at the link i put up? to a pic of what it looks like?

i posted a pic of wut my problem is http://digital-agony.com/upload/images/untitled.bmp

Yeah I saw it, but I've never seen this problem before. lol

I hate to say this, but your best bet might be to reinstall windows.

Backup all of your data and reinstall.

SIGH..... this all started becuase of yahoo i clicked a link bout this cool song thinkin ima listen to it then its click when u see video...so i clicked bein a dumb ass i am not really payin attention to it... when i really couldnt see it.... then its been like that since

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Originally posted here by JAsoN74185
i just formated like a month ago, I used regedit to view it, but the thing is i dont have just like "audio/mpeg" i have like audio/x-mpeg or audio/m-mpeg or audio/mpeg4 but yet the 4 i think is to play divx and stuff but i did see the audio/mpeg but looked the same and used regclean...it found errors but didnt fix it....ever since i went to yahoo.com and clicked yes its been f'd up

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Do you not have anything that says video there. That might be your problem. You can try creating a new file I don't know what the blue ones are called, maybe DWORD, but just make it look exactly like the one I have. I would try just adding video/mpeg. Then make sure whatever you're trying to veiw is mpeg and see if that works. If it doesn't I don't think it will do any harm and you can just delete the DWORD(?) registry entry you just made. Just give a try before you do anything drastic. I'm pretty sure it can't hurt anything, if it can then someone please post saying so, so that he doesn't screw anything up following my advice.