OT Windows Media Player 9

The pop-up ads at MSNBC have also gotten worse.

"Observer3" wrote in message
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I frequently watch news videos at MSNBC. A few weeks ago, they
changed the format. In order to watch their clips, you need a
net.passport
account (or whatever it's called), and you must download WMP 9. I was
somewhat leary of the .net account, but since I enjoy watching those
videos,
I went ahead and registered/installed what they wanted me to.

WMP 9 works okay, although there are a few glitches watching the
videos at MSNBC. The MSN video is in beta format, hence the minor
problems.

"Gene Tomlinson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:14:01 -0500, "Pat Conover"
wrote:

Anyone installed the MS Media Player 9 yet? If so any problems? I
like
to
watch some news clips on MSNBC, but can't play any unless I DL and
install
media player 9. :-( Oh BTW it also says I need a MS .Net Passport to
use
MSN Video! System is running okay and I don't want to shoot myself in
the
old CPU! Thanks

Pat Conover


I use it with windows ME and it will not play MP43 files and Mircosoft
no longer has a codec for that mode.

Gene

The google toolbar takes care of that problem.

"HistoryFan" wrote in message
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The pop-up ads at MSNBC have also gotten worse.

Yeah, I'm getting tired of MS telling me that I have to dl and install
whatever they SAY I need! Maybe time to switch home pages. Again thanks to
all who took the time to respond, Pat

Pat Conover


"WSZsr" wrote in message
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The google toolbar takes care of that problem.

"HistoryFan" wrote in message
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The pop-up ads at MSNBC have also gotten worse.

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:30:57 GMT, "WSZsr" wrote:

The google toolbar takes care of that problem.

As a matter of fact, I use the following for my start page in IE6:

http://news.google.com/

Like it a lot better than MSNBC's site.
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Rich Cervenka
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Desktop: Dell Dimension XPS T550
Notebook: Dell Inspiron 8600
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition running on both