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Q: My windows media player wont work i have vista home basic and it says fatal error windows cant play the following media formats....update your video and sound codec to resolve the issue?
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guy, Thanks for using the wiki Answers Forum, There are several things that can be tried to resolve your issue and the error you are receiving has been documented in the article below. Can you please tell us what kind of media you are using and what speed you are trying to burn the disk at? Try the information below and let us know if this helps resolve your issue. Windows Media Player Error Message Help You've encountered error message C00D10DA while using Windows Media Player. The following information might help you troubleshoot the issue. Cannot burn files to CD Windows Media Player cannot burn the selected files to the CD. To fix the problem, do one or more of the following: * Clean the disc and verify that it is not damaged. * Select a slower recording (write) speed for the CD burner (recorder). * Try a different brand of blank discs. * Quit other programs. Wish that can help a bit.


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Windows 7 has the Windows Media player.


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On Windows XP as well as the default Windows Media Player 9,there are also two hidden older versions of Windows Media Player. These are Windows Media player 6.4 that can be found under file name Mplay2 and Windows Media player 5.1 which can be found under Mplayer32. And some people prefer the older versions of Windows Media player to the latest version Windows Media player 9,10 or 11 on Windows XP.Or Windows Media Player 11 on Windows Vista and Windows Media player 11 or 12 on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Windows Media player 6.4 Mplay2 does not work on Windows Vista,or Windows 7 or Windows 8. It only works on Windows XP. But Windows Media Player 5.1 Mplayer32 does work on both Windows 7 and Windows 8 and also on Windows Vista. To install Windows Media Player 5.1 on Windows 7 or Windows 8. you need to have a Windows XP computer. Then on Windows XP you need to go to Windows/system32 folder on C drive and copy the mplayer32 exe file to your Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer. Once you have copied the mplayer32 program file onto Windows 7 or Windows 8,copy and paste the program file in the Windows/system 32 folder. Windows Media player 5.1 Mplayer32 is now installed on Windows 7 or Windows 8. And will play video and audio files without any problems. And will run alongside the latest version of Windows Media player Just like it does on Windows XP. And the above method also works for Windows Vista.


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Windows Media Player is available by a free download from the Microsoft Windows website. The current version available is the Windows Media Player 12.


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