"downdating" to windows player 8

MonkeyKong007

i hate windows media player 9.. is there any way i can revert back to the old one?

i updated to sp2 recently

sra

There are some old ones available here but not v8

sra

I have media player 10 and one some of the skins look like old versions (under view/skin chooser)- can't remember if they are available in 9 though

monomer

i hate windows media player 9.. is there any way i can revert back to the old one?

i updated to sp2 recently

Not sure if this might help:

Readme for Windows Media Player 9 Series

Pakchooi

If you don't really want Series 8 and you just want a basic player go to
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe in
Win2k or XP.
It's a graphicly very basic version of Media player.
I like it's simplicity and the fact it does screenshots a lot easier than wmp9.