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windows media player not working
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on older PC I update manually anyway - Start - All programs and then Windows Update. Have a quick check and see what needs updating.
Can you play streaming films on such sites like youtube ?Don't try to teach a pig to sing - it wastes your time and annoys the pig0 -
Uninstall it and go to Windows Update to download a fresh version0
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on older PC I update manually anyway - Start - All programs and then Windows Update. Have a quick check and see what needs updating.
Can you play streaming films on such sites like youtube ?
Yes youtube plays ok at the moment, but I do get some warning that it doesn't support my browser anymore, but they still play.
Have had a look at the updates bit and it is telling me there are 46 important ones and 18 optional.0 -
Get the important ones
goes without saying, as they're the critical updates Owner of andrewhope.co.uk, hate cars and love them
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Lil306 updated all the windows thingys and Media player now works! I am very grateful to you.0
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NP, always remember to get the critical updates at a bare minimum as Microsoft always has flaws and they need their security updates to stay protected.Owner of andrewhope.co.uk, hate cars and love them
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I have changed the settings so that they now download automatically.0
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busiscoming2 wrote: »Lil306 updated all the windows thingys and Media player now works! I am very grateful to you.
yay - nice one glad ot hear its sortedDon't try to teach a pig to sing - it wastes your time and annoys the pig0 -
NP, always remember to get the critical updates at a bare minimum as Microsoft always has flaws and they need their security updates to stay protected.
I wouldn't limit that to Microsoft, all software and platforms need to be kept up to date. I use Ubuntu and there are usually several security related updates a week0
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