Cannot Play Online Videos....

[Guest]

I recently had to completely restore my computer and since the restore I
can't play any streaming video online. I am running Windows XP with WMP 10.
In the media player, I have all the file types checked and it is also checked
to connect to the internet. When I try to play video off of Yahoo I get an
error that says: Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the
specified protocol is not supported. If you typed a URL in the Open URL
dialog box, try using a different transport protocol (for example, "http:" or
"rtsp:" )

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

And what happens when you try a different protocol?

 

[Guest]

i have even tried shutting down the firewall. the protocols to recieve
streaming video are all checked. and the streaming proxy settings are set for:
HTTP - browser
MMS - autodetect
RTSP - autodetect

 

[Guest]

I'm having the same problem after installing the latest Microsoft security
updates. No other changes were made to the system. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Guest]

The same problem has started happening on my XP 2005 Media Center edition,
but not only in Yahoo. Just started after installing the latest security
updates. Should I reinstall media center 10 or is there another solution?

 

[Guest]

Had this probem too. What I did was go to windows media website and instal
player 10 as a new installation. Worked for me, hope it does 4 u.