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media player wont install
Name: alex77 Date: March 30, 2003 at 20:13:27 Pacific OS: windows 98 CPU/Ram: pentium3/533
Comment:
i tried and i tried to get windows media player(version 7.1 for windows 98)but it just wont work! it says installation has failed. ??? i download the program from microsoft website but it dont matter. still wont work. 9 series wont work neither.
Name: Christian Date: March 30, 2003 at 20:42:41 Pacific
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those are not supported by win98. only version 6 and below are supported.
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Response Number 2
Name: jeffk Date: March 30, 2003 at 21:08:18 Pacific
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I have no problem with 7.1 or the series 9 of Media Player on my 98SE system. Use Add/Remove to get rid of 7.1 and 9 then clean up the registery. Windows is notorious for not removing all of the old registery keys.
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Response Number 3
Name: jboy Date: March 30, 2003 at 21:39:43 Pacific
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Yeah - 6.4 is the last version supported by 95 - naturally '98 can run 7
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