Having a problem with media player in win xp pro. Upgraded from win 98 and for a while all was well. Now when I start media player I get none of the taskbars down the left hand side. Also, mpegs won't play but the audio from them will!!

Any ideas anyone.



Warrior on the edge of time

I've never seen a winxp do a proper upgrade from an older OS, unless there's some reason you really cant format I'd suggest wiping the drive and doing a fresh install, it will make it run faster too.

I'm not sure why Mediaplayer would break like that though, something sounds really messed up, have you tried ctrl+1 (full mode) then click the ">" symbol on the left to make the side bar appear?

Tried the ctrl 1 thing and nothing happened. I will be upgrading to an XP2000 + new mobo and ddr ram in next 3 to 6 months which is why I didn't format and install fresh XP Pro. Just wanted to see if it worked.

Would like to get media player working though, just for a bit of fun.

BTW gaming on xp pro is awesome. Would never consider win 9x again.





Warrior on the edge of time

i have never upgraded 98 to XP but i do run Xp and i know u can hide and unhide the likkle taskbar u are talking about in WMP8 .If u look at the left margin border line there should be a small

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there that is what is used to hide and unhide that taskbar. with the other problem i suspect during upgradin the codecs u had were deleted so just reinstall those codecs. hoepe this workx.

Bit the bullet and reinstalled XP Pro. Everything now hunky dory.