while upgrading my existing windows media player my electric supply went off and did not fully finish installing the upgraded version now it wont work at all yet the icons are on the start menu and desktop i'm fairly new to computers and need a little help putting this right can anyone help
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, Jul 15 2005 03:58 AM
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 04:02 AM
just download the new version ("run from" or if you want to keep a copy "save to disc") and reinstall ,if its very clever it may realise the original install failed and reinstall itself using the original files.
if you used windows update it will be classed as "unsuccessful" and will reinstall
[ 14. July 2005, 11:07 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]
if you used windows update it will be classed as "unsuccessful" and will reinstall
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 04:13 AM
forgot to mention when i click on the (wmp) icon a black box pops up raelly fast then thats it. i've tried downloading but it says file/program already exists
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 04:29 AM
perhaps a "system restore" will be enough to get round it but save any docs or stuff since the last system restore save
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 04:32 AM
could you run me through it chesters i dont really know my way round the pc yet
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 05:12 AM
my xp is set up as "classic veiw" so may differ from yours anyway system restore hides in (classic) "start"..."programs"...."system tools"..."system restore" before using it remember to save any docs or other important stuff that may disapear (since the last "save" was made) anyway clicking on system restore asks you to restore your system to an earlier time ,it will depend on when a "save " was made to how close to today the computer will restore to ,remember any progs installed since that "save" will disapear from sight (which is the reason your using it re med player) on restarting your old version of med player should be there allowing you to upgrade it once more ,but remember its not 100% reliable (its widows after all ) so i take no responcibility for you using it
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 11:51 AM
thank you chesters1
its seems to have worked fine and cured another problem i was having
much appreciated
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its seems to have worked fine and cured another problem i was having
much appreciated
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Posted 16 July 2005 - 12:04 AM
if its cured another problem as well its (the problem) probably a program or set of drivers that have been installed since the date you now have reverted to
if your completly happy with the way your machine is running now then go back to the system restore bit now and save today as a restore point
if you update or install anything and it runs to your satisfaction then go back and set the restore date to the day your happy with ,if you get a problem with another program (or driver/update) then you will know what caused it.
[ 15. July 2005, 07:09 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]
if your completly happy with the way your machine is running now then go back to the system restore bit now and save today as a restore point
if you update or install anything and it runs to your satisfaction then go back and set the restore date to the day your happy with ,if you get a problem with another program (or driver/update) then you will know what caused it.
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Posted 16 July 2005 - 12:26 AM
Doesn't XP now restore on a daily basis? Sure mine does.
I think that the sys restore is one of the best things to have happened to MS powered computers.
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I think that the sys restore is one of the best things to have happened to MS powered computers.
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Posted 16 July 2005 - 12:40 AM
system restore doesn't happen on my machine, i only found this out when i had some serious problems the other day. anyone know what i have to do (if anything) to activate it
