Link to asx don't work

I have a client that listens to on friday night sports on our local radio
station. after opening the web page and opens up the link
http://asx.abacast.com/literock1071-literock1071-32.asx , it should open
media player , but it opens ie7 and give me the error that the page can't be
displayed. i installed ie8 with the same problem.
What can i do to fix this problem?

Does it work if they open that up directly in the player?

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"Melvin Edward" <MelvinEdward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a client that listens to on friday night sports on our local radio
> station. after opening the web page and opens up the link
> http://asx.abacast.com/literock1071-literock1071-32.asx , it should open
> media player , but it opens ie7 and give me the error that the page can't
> be
> displayed. i installed ie8 with the same problem.
> What can i do to fix this problem?
>
>

Hi Zachd,
Thanks for the reply.. I did send her this link form my desktop
literock1071-literock1071-32[1].asx ( This link is associated with medai
player and internet) and it will open the player up and work. but i didn't
put the full http://... address in media player and try that. but i will and
see if that works.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Does it work if they open that up directly in the player?
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "Melvin Edward" <MelvinEdward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:109DFAED-E7AF-4724-AD95-D29E9592523A@microsoft.com...
> >I have a client that listens to on friday night sports on our local radio
> > station. after opening the web page and opens up the link
> > http://asx.abacast.com/literock1071-literock1071-32.asx , it should open
> > media player , but it opens ie7 and give me the error that the page can't
> > be
> > displayed. i installed ie8 with the same problem.
> > What can i do to fix this problem?
> >
> >
>

That tentatively suggests to me that some third party player has reset the
association incorrectly. You can test that theory by using the Set Program
Associations and Defaults control panel.

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"Melvin Edward" <MelvinEdward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Zachd,
> Thanks for the reply.. I did send her this link form my desktop
> literock1071-literock1071-32[1].asx ( This link is associated with medai
> player and internet) and it will open the player up and work. but i didn't
> put the full http://... address in media player and try that. but i will
> and
> see if that works.
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Does it work if they open that up directly in the player?
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>> "Melvin Edward" <MelvinEdward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:109DFAED-E7AF-4724-AD95-D29E9592523A@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a client that listens to on friday night sports on our local
>> >radio
>> > station. after opening the web page and opens up the link
>> > http://asx.abacast.com/literock1071-literock1071-32.asx , it should
>> > open
>> > media player , but it opens ie7 and give me the error that the page
>> > can't
>> > be
>> > displayed. i installed ie8 with the same problem.
>> > What can i do to fix this problem?
>> >
>> >
>>

Zached,

I checked media player defaults andit was set for asx, itunes was not
checked for default. I was able to put the url in media plyaer andit worked.
The last thing i did was control pannel, default programs and selected "Set
program access and computer defaults" and selected microsoft. this reset
mail, media player etc.
I tried it and "It works now"

Thanks for alll your help...

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> That tentatively suggests to me that some third party player has reset the
> association incorrectly. You can test that theory by using the Set Program
> Associations and Defaults control panel.
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "Melvin Edward" <MelvinEdward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39454D46-6EBF-414D-BC72-6F4ADDE01F84@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Zachd,
> > Thanks for the reply.. I did send her this link form my desktop
> > literock1071-literock1071-32[1].asx ( This link is associated with medai
> > player and internet) and it will open the player up and work. but i didn't
> > put the full http://... address in media player and try that. but i will
> > and
> > see if that works.
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Does it work if they open that up directly in the player?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Speaking for myself only.
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >> "Melvin Edward" <MelvinEdward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:109DFAED-E7AF-4724-AD95-D29E9592523A@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have a client that listens to on friday night sports on our local
> >> >radio
> >> > station. after opening the web page and opens up the link
> >> > http://asx.abacast.com/literock1071-literock1071-32.asx , it should
> >> > open
> >> > media player , but it opens ie7 and give me the error that the page
> >> > can't
> >> > be
> >> > displayed. i installed ie8 with the same problem.
> >> > What can i do to fix this problem?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
>
>

The MIME type is set correctly so it mostly sounds like a client side
association issue wherein your local file associations are set incorrectly.
This is most often caused by a third party player incorrectly *partially*
taking file type ownership. You should be able to reset that by going to
the Default Programs control panels "Set program access and defaults" tool
to reset the associations back to the player.

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"Melvin Edward" <MelvinEdward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:109DFAED-E7AF-4724-AD95-D29E9592523A@microsoft.com...
>I have a client that listens to on friday night sports on our local radio
> station. after opening the web page and opens up the link
> http://asx.abacast.com/literock1071-literock1071-32.asx , it should open
> media player , but it opens ie7 and give me the error that the page can't
> be
> displayed. i installed ie8 with the same problem.
> What can i do to fix this problem?
>
>