Who did you work with at MS? What was the service number?

Did you install SatelliteTVforPC 2006 to this system?

To be clear, you can't launch WMP from the shortcut, right? Does
wmplayer.exe show up in the Processes tab of the Task Manager?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"Steve" <stevehal222@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E052A9E-C92F-4A12-80D0-5A5BAEC93ED7@microsoft.com...
> tried making MP default for all media playback still no joy. MS no help
> either. :-(
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> You could try Control Panel (Classic view) > Default Programs and make
>> sure that
>> Windows Media Player is set to all it's defaults. And also check the
>> setting in
>> Control Panel (Classic view) > AutoPlay.
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Steve" <stevehal222@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0B3E0384-34AA-473B-A1D5-627023FF8162@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Cal, thanks for your reply.
>> > MP does not open when disc inserted,when streaming media connected or
>> > when
>> > opening downloaded media. I have also noticed that now system restore
>> > will
>> > not take PC back to when MP worked. If you want SYS info let me know.
>> >
>> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>> >
>> >> To get any real help, you will have to provide specific information.
>> >>
>> >> Just exactly how is Windows Media Player not working for you.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> >> GO BEARS!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Steve" <stevehal222@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:3695C876-519A-4BD3-8786-2DC8631C6389@microsoft.com...
>> >> > It is obvious from messages left here that there is a serious bug in
>> >> > WMP.
>> >> > Has
>> >> > anyone found a fix or work around? My player worked intermitantly
>> >> > now it
>> >> > does
>> >> > not work at all.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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