when in media player,if i drop down File(top left)at the bottom is a list of vidio clips such as the sample vidio, plus ones i have downloaded,which i have deleted'proberbly wrongly'and i cannot delete these names.plese help

Close media player/ Click Start button/Run/ type in regedit and hit ok. Navigate here..... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList Right click delete the unwanted entries. Make sure to close media player or the entires wont be deleted.

Heres an article called "cover your tracks" at pc magazine. http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,,s%3D1478&a%3D5293,00.asp Here you can learn about/download a free program called listzapper. It will allow you to delete the lists created in mediaplayer and a few other programs.