Codec are safe, program are not, and more often than none program install
thing that you do not want, like association to their own program and then
the program that come with Vista do not work properly anymore

"Mark Blain" <mblain2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9C3AAC4A5AEFFmblainalbany@207.46.248.16...
> "Martin Racette" <rat7_2001@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:7D3FA25B-E052-4E3C-81C2-DC91DF05E94D@microsoft.com:
>
>> Is there a way to play them without installing anything, I mean I
>> already have Windows Media Player, could there just be a codec for it
>
> Wouldn't installing a codec be installing something?
>
> The official answer from Microsoft is here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
>

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Thank You in Advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin