help! computer question on my windows media player!?

Question

for some reason my media player is acting kinda funny and not playing videos as it did before. i dont want to go through the trouble of finding out what is the problem, i was thinking if i could simply uninstall it from my computer and reinstall it again.

my question is, would that be possible? is it ok to do that? it wouldnt mess up the computer would it? and from what webpage can i download the latest medial player again??

Answer 1

Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP, March 2007 - This documentation provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the documentation for Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP.= http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/windowsvista/default.aspx = http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/readme.aspx#Minimumsystemrequirements

Error Messages in Windows Media Player = http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0074.mspx
requirements for installing WMP, any version
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0109.mspx

info on troubleshooting WMP11, here,
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/troubleshooting.aspx

FAQs
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/default.mspx

Answer 2

I have some experience with windows media player and yes, that might work, it wont mess up your computer because it is not Crucial that you have a media player on your computer but uninstalling it could get kind of hairy. tell me if you need help uninstalling it. Or maybe it is because you have too many files in your library or maybe something simple. you might have to explain it more specifically than "funny" like if it is giving you an error message. some people dont have media player 11 so that site may not help, the one below i mean

Answer 3

Download it from Microsux and re-install.

I've had to do it several times.

Answer 4

Try VLC is free and it play every single format out there and its free. here http://www.videolan.org/vlc/