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Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:
Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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I saw some earlier posts where users complained that WMP9 does not work
well under Tiger. Is this still the case?
If I give it a shot, will installing WMP9 hurt anything if it does not
work?
How can I uninstall WMP9 for the Mac. (MS does not give uninstall
instructions for WMP. It does for IE but not WMP. That makes me
nervous).
Rob
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Mickey Stevens
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Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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On 8/14/05 11:55 AM, in article
1124038533.892397.110990@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
"pse.no.spam@gmail.com" <pse.no.spam@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I saw some earlier posts where users complained that WMP9 does not work
well under Tiger. Is this still the case?
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Since I don't have Tiger, I don't know for sure. Some people have reported
issues, but not everyone has experienced them.
| Quote: | If I give it a shot, will installing WMP9 hurt anything if it does not
work?
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No, it shouldn't. It doesn't interact much with other applications.
| Quote: | How can I uninstall WMP9 for the Mac. (MS does not give uninstall
instructions for WMP. It does for IE but not WMP. That makes me
nervous).
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Delete the Windows Media Player application folder as well as
"com.microsoft.mediaplayer.plist", "Windows Media Player Prefs", and
"Windows Media Favorites" files in ~/Library/Preferences. Note that you
might have to hold down the Alt/Option key while deleting to avoid problems
with locked items.
--
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac)
PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> |
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Guest
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Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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Thanks... I feel more comfortable that I can get rid of WMP if it
acts up under Tiger.
What about Internet Plugins? Is there a Windows Media Plug-in for WMP
that I need to delete as well? Would it be located in
HD/Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder?
I guess I could check when I install and uninstall WMP.
Rob
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Corentin Cras-Méneur
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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<pse.no.spam@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I saw some earlier posts where users complained that WMP9 does not work
well under Tiger. Is this still the case?
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Other peope have reported it, but the app runs just as before on my Mac
(and the several others I have access to here).
Corentin
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Corentin Cras-Méneur
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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<pse.no.spam@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | What about Internet Plugins? Is there a Windows Media Plug-in for WMP
that I need to delete as well? Would it be located in
HD/Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder?
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Yep.
And I would recommend trashing the pref and plist for WMP that are in
~/Library/Preferences/ in your user folder.
Corentin
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Guest
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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I apologize for asking a dumb question. But what are locked items?
And why would an item be locked?
I normally just empty the trash but it looks like when I remove IE I
must empty the trash from the Dock with the Alt/Option key pressed.
Rob |
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Corentin Cras-Méneur
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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<pse.no.spam@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I apologize for asking a dumb question. But what are locked items?
And why would an item be locked?
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I have no idea why they decided to lock items. The sole purpose of this
is to make sure the files won't be trashed or modified "by mistake".
Completely useless here as far as I am concerned.
Corentin
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Mickey Stevens
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Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:30 am Post subject:
Re: Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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On 8/14/05 12:52 PM, in article
1124041975.228087.67110@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com,
"pse.no.spam@gmail.com" <pse.no.spam@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | What about Internet Plugins? Is there a Windows Media Plug-in for WMP
that I need to delete as well? Would it be located in
HD/Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder?
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Good idea, I forgot to include that. Yes, that's the correct location.
--
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac)
PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> |
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Terry
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject:
RE: Tiger and WMP9 for the Mac |
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Don't be a baby. It will be fine. But what Microsoft doesn't realize is
that Windows Media Player is the most unreliable source of video on the
internet. You can't even watch video clips online at NBC News or ABC news's
website without running into a problem. I wish everyone used Quicktime, then
the World would be much better. The least Microsoft could do right now is
make their player so that it actually plays movies and doesn't take forever
to buffer on a high speed connection, Update the program and make it so it
doesn't play choppy movies.
But that will never happen.
Microsoft is too slow with their updates anyways.
"pse.no.spam@gmail.com" wrote:
| Quote: | I saw some earlier posts where users complained that WMP9 does not work
well under Tiger. Is this still the case?
If I give it a shot, will installing WMP9 hurt anything if it does not
work?
How can I uninstall WMP9 for the Mac. (MS does not give uninstall
instructions for WMP. It does for IE but not WMP. That makes me
nervous).
Rob
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