Media player lockup
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Media player lockup
My computer did a wonderful automatic update that I told it not to do, and now I have the latest and greatest media player. The only problem is, I can't exit out of it without locking my computer solid. It seems to be hogging a ton of resources while it is on also, and I absolutely hate that stupid "urge" thing that goes and downloads everything automatically.
This is the first time I have had this sort of problem in the three years I have had this computer. This has been the most stable platform I have ever used, and didn't have a single crash/lockup until this update.
Does anybody else have this problem, and is there any stripped down version of media player, or at least a way to disable "urge"?
BTW: XP, kept up to date, Firefox, on a 1.6ghz AMD chip with 256megs of ram (was quick when I built it).
This is the first time I have had this sort of problem in the three years I have had this computer. This has been the most stable platform I have ever used, and didn't have a single crash/lockup until this update.
Does anybody else have this problem, and is there any stripped down version of media player, or at least a way to disable "urge"?
BTW: XP, kept up to date, Firefox, on a 1.6ghz AMD chip with 256megs of ram (was quick when I built it).
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I just downloaded the new WMP update yesterday. The URGE thing is stupid, so is how it makes you see the CD cover for every song and artist. But yeah, do the System Restore. That'll make it go back to your old version.
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Like the others said do the system restore. You can also turn automatic updates "off" that way you wont get the URGE anymore. At least you used to be able to unless they got rid of that in one of those updates.
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It's working fine for me, and I'm using XP. I just don't like the setup of it. I don't think they'd make it just for Vista yet, since Vista is still pretty new. The people at Windows probably know that the majority of people still use XP.
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Originally Posted by Ford_Six
Does anybody else have this problem, and is there any stripped down version of media player, or at least a way to disable "urge"?
BTW: XP, kept up to date, Firefox, on a 1.6ghz AMD chip with 256megs of ram (was quick when I built it).
BTW: XP, kept up to date, Firefox, on a 1.6ghz AMD chip with 256megs of ram (was quick when I built it).
I would be inclined to uninstall WMP11 and download a fresh copy fron the Microsoft download website. Then run Microsoft update.
You are a bit lite on memory.
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