Windows Media Player xp on vista

I accidentally (i don't know how) got windows media player 9 xp on vista and
it says it isn't compatible. the windows site says i can't download media
player 11 because it came pre-installed on my computer. i really need to know
what to do. if i need to, i have the original disk, but i don't want to
reformat my drive.

black.knight.light wrote:
> I accidentally (i don't know how) got windows media player 9 xp on
> vista and it says it isn't compatible. the windows site says i can't
> download media player 11 because it came pre-installed on my
> computer. i really need to know what to do. if i need to, i have the
> original disk, but i don't want to reformat my drive.
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Maybe it would be worth a try to do a
System Restore. The following links
may be useful:

Windows Vista -
System Restore:
frequently asked questions
http://tinyurl.com/u6z5p

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...fb3f01033.mspx

Using Windows Vista
System Restore
http://tinyurl.com/2qhd77

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ystem-restore/

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

If John's tips don't work - what's the exact error message that you get when
you try to run the player?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"black.knight.light" <black.knight.light@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I accidentally (i don't know how) got windows media player 9 xp on vista
>and
> it says it isn't compatible. the windows site says i can't download media
> player 11 because it came pre-installed on my computer. i really need to
> know
> what to do. if i need to, i have the original disk, but i don't want to
> reformat my drive.