Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta
http://www.windowsmedia.com/9series/home.asp
For Win 98/Me/2000/XP
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Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta
http://www.windowsmedia.com/9series/home.asp
For Win 98/Me/2000/XP
Question: is the present version a Beta version or is it Gold?
On the microsoft site it does not come out clearly. I hate to download Beta versions and rather wait for the final version.
It's a Beta version.
Iguess, I wait until the final is out. I have a feeling that it not completely ready for normal use.
I could not pass this up, even their gold versions quite often are not ready for prime time.
I agree Jubal. But I had trouble with some beta versions before which determines to say: WAIT and see. It can't take that long for the final version to be released. Does anyone know that date for final release?
The one problem I see with it is that there is no uninstaller with it. If you want to go back to version 8 in XP, you have to use System Restore to roll it back.
It's worked great for me. I like it. Nice little toolbar available for XP users also.
DesertFox, yeah I tend to stay away from the Beta's also. I am usually one behind a lot of others on the Nvidia drivers because I always wait for the Gold versions.
I'd advise everyone to avoid this beta version. I've had it on my system for one day, and it already refuses to open. I wasn't able to revert to version 8 using System Restore, so I had to reinstall XP over the top of itself to fix it. I don't see any reason for Microsoft to not include an uninstaller for a beta product. They're even offering it at Windows Update now, so it should be very interesting to see how many complaints they get if others have the same problem I did.
hi,
just thought id add my 'nice' experience to this.
installed media player 9 to view the halo2 trailer. ended up getting the quick time version as it wouldnt play.
now that its installed ok, it will only run with a user that has admin priveleges....now i dont really want everyone to have admin right so im stuck...
and oops, no roll back for me..back up is too old..:D
never mind, if any one can help with this, im open to options
Brian
To test the installation and roll back I set a restore point and named it "Before Media9" without the quotes, then installed it from the Windows Update site, it ran smooth with no problems. I then restored my system to "Before Media9", it also ran smooth with no problems. I no longer have Media9 and am back to my Before Media9 Media Player. It also shows up again on the Windows Update site. Actually I think Media9 looks better with their slightly new colors etc.
I think it looks better too. I still have no idea why it stopped working for me, but I'm seeing people complaining about it at other sites too. Just one of those 'beta' things I guess.
MmH! Does it cinfirm to be careful downloading beta versions. I don't want to get into a mess and rather wait for gold. I am sure there will be complaints to MS enough for them too look again into it. I do not want to waiste my time on restoring etc. when some thing goes wrong because it is a beta version.