.mov in Media Player

On my XP laptop, Media Player (9.00.00.3250, Prod. ID
55277-OEM-0011903-00110), .mov files play just fine.
This was also true on my old 'puter which had XP Pro (it crashed so I am
stuck with Vista).
Media Player in Vista will not play my .mov files.
Any suggestions or fixes for this?
P.S. I will not install or run Quick Time, so don't suggest that.

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Raggedclaw

..mov is a proprietary format owned by Apple, so you'll need to get a codec
from Apple or a third-party. I hear the Vista Codec Package at the URL below
will play .movs, but I haven't tried it myself:



http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...e/1159994557/1




"raggedclaw" <valovesyou@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:79DC517F-0469-4B2B-A867-E436B696C58C@microsoft.com...
> On my XP laptop, Media Player (9.00.00.3250, Prod. ID
> 55277-OEM-0011903-00110), .mov files play just fine.
> This was also true on my old 'puter which had XP Pro (it crashed so I am
> stuck with Vista).
> Media Player in Vista will not play my .mov files.
> Any suggestions or fixes for this?
> P.S. I will not install or run Quick Time, so don't suggest that.
>
> --
> Raggedclaw