Media Center crash after wmp update

[Dyno247365]

I want my tv and recorded movies back, but ever since I updated wmp, media center 2005 has an internal error. How do I fix it? thanks

[Oz]

Do a system restore to before you installed the new version.

[Dyno247365]

That's ALL I can do?

[l_eclipse_l]

Originally Posted by Dyno247365

That's ALL I can do?

What do you expect man, it's not magic. If you do the restore like Oz said, all your still will return and you can try the update again.

[Oz]

Or you could install an alternative media player like VLC and use that instead.

[Paul79UF]

With WMP.....if it ain't broke...don't fix it....really applies.

It seems like every update of WMP makes it more cumbersome, complex and buggy.

[Oz]

v11 or whatever the latest is (not the one that comes with XP) isn't too bad if you have the right CODECs installed. A couple of quirks, but overall not to bad.

[Dyno247365]

Okay well I haven't watched tv in a couple weeks, the program now says I no longer have a TV tuner... and it's starting to piss me off, so:

I have a few ideas, install the previous version of wmp, install the newest version of wmp (because the update I did was somewhere in the middle, since it keeps asking me to update)

Use VLC or The Core Media Player, BUT how do I change out wmp for these programs? Right now I'm going to install wmp10 again

[Dyno247365]

I'm flabbergasted by what just happened, I got ANOTHER wmp update for wmp11 and NOW media center works and I have my recorded movies back. No idea why it stopped working minus one update, do you??

[l_eclipse_l]

Originally Posted by Dyno247365

I'm flabbergasted by what just happened, I got ANOTHER wmp update for wmp11 and NOW media center works and I have my recorded movies back. No idea why it stopped working minus one update, do you??

No clue, but obviously there was a reason for releasing that update so quickly.