July 1, 2004 12:45 PM PDT

Microsoft: Removing Media Player 'challenging'

Firm's top lawyer says clarification needed before player can be yanked from Windows per EU order.

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Liars..but this is Microsoft after all
I removed Media player from my copy of XP. You have to make sure you delete both the backup copies that Windows makes under the Windows directory (Which there are about 3 directories where you need to delete files). Along with the files in the ?:\Program Files\Windows Media Player. Reboot and you are good to go.

Microsoft is composed of a bunch of lying pussbags.
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"Microsoft is composed of a bunch of lying pussbags."

Unfortunity so is the socialist (bordering on communism) nightmare we call the EU.
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You Are So Wrong!
The person doing the lying here is you my friend. You cannot just go and rip files from the CD and expect it to install properly. You cant do that to an OS already installed either. WM9 is imbedded into the system files and needs to be taken from there not just the prog folder. Talk when you know what your talking about and now was definitely not the time.
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Liars..but this is Microsoft after all
I removed Media player from my copy of XP. You have to make sure you delete both the backup copies that Windows makes under the Windows directory (Which there are about 3 directories where you need to delete files). Along with the files in the ?:\Program Files\Windows Media Player. Reboot and you are good to go.

Microsoft is composed of a bunch of lying pussbags.
Posted by Jonathan (802 comments )
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"Microsoft is composed of a bunch of lying pussbags."

Unfortunity so is the socialist (bordering on communism) nightmare we call the EU.
Posted by unknown unknown (1793 comments )
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You Are So Wrong!
The person doing the lying here is you my friend. You cannot just go and rip files from the CD and expect it to install properly. You cant do that to an OS already installed either. WM9 is imbedded into the system files and needs to be taken from there not just the prog folder. Talk when you know what your talking about and now was definitely not the time.
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Give Me A Break....
If MS wasn't so focussed on embedding every possible
technology possible into whatever version of WIndows that's
currently in development, they would have pursued a far more
rational approach of having independant apps running via the
OS. MS has now trouble running IE, and WIndows media as
separate apps on the Mac, and except that there are better
applications to use, MS's versions run fine.

It would seem that 'Freedom To Innovate' actually contains very
little innovation. It's much more to do with eliminating the
computer user's choices.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
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Give Me A Break....
If MS wasn't so focussed on embedding every possible
technology possible into whatever version of WIndows that's
currently in development, they would have pursued a far more
rational approach of having independant apps running via the
OS. MS has now trouble running IE, and WIndows media as
separate apps on the Mac, and except that there are better
applications to use, MS's versions run fine.

It would seem that 'Freedom To Innovate' actually contains very
little innovation. It's much more to do with eliminating the
computer user's choices.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
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Microsoft shouldn't have to remove Media Player...
I think it sucks that Microsoft is going to have to remove it's media player as a pre-installed software client. If Microsoft can't pre-install their media player, I don't think RealNetworks should be able to theirs, Nor should Apple. I know Microsoft doesn't make the best software apps. in the world, But they have the best Media Player when it comes to streaming audio/video. Compare how good RealOne performs while streaming video from the web with how good Windows Media Player does, and you'll see what I mean ;-)
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That Microsoft bandwagon is falling apart
Quote from YahooNews:

The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer.
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Microsoft shouldn't have to remove Media Player...
I think it sucks that Microsoft is going to have to remove it's media player as a pre-installed software client. If Microsoft can't pre-install their media player, I don't think RealNetworks should be able to theirs, Nor should Apple. I know Microsoft doesn't make the best software apps. in the world, But they have the best Media Player when it comes to streaming audio/video. Compare how good RealOne performs while streaming video from the web with how good Windows Media Player does, and you'll see what I mean ;-)
Posted by PCCRomeo (432 comments )
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That Microsoft bandwagon is falling apart
Quote from YahooNews:

The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer.
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