License problem

[BoboTWG]

Howdy. The wife's computer has been having alot pf problems lately so I
backed up her data, Fdisked and formatted her hard drive, and then
reinstalled her XP Pro. I then pulled her data back over and did the whole
SP2 and A/V thing. The computer is working OK now but when she tries to
listen to her songs that I saved, some of them will not play. They turn
orange with and ! and if you place the cursor over them you see a message
that starts "A license cannot be found for this media file." So yep, I did
not back up her license stuff. Is there any way around this? A couple of
these albums I cannot find any more and of course my wife is a little upset
with me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Aaron

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Howdy. The wife's computer has been having alot pf problems lately so I
backed up her data, Fdisked and formatted her hard drive, and then
reinstalled her XP Pro. I then pulled her data back over and did the whole
SP2 and A/V thing. The computer is working OK now but when she tries to
listen to her songs that I saved, some of them will not play. They turn
orange with and ! and if you place the cursor over them you see a message
that starts "A license cannot be found for this media file." So yep, I did
not back up her license stuff. Is there any way around this? A couple of
these albums I cannot find any more and of course my wife is a little upset
with me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I don't think so. If licenses and passwords were that easy to get
around, they wouldn't be much use...

 

[BoboTWG]

I don't think so. If licenses and passwords were that easy to get around,
they wouldn't be much use...

Dang, I figured that would be the answer but was hoping tht it was not.
Thanks.

Aaron

 

[pjp]

If nothing else, should teach you and her to simply stay away from any of
that crap that comes with restrictions etc.

 

[BoboTWG]

Sorry the reply took so long. Been laid up in the hospital. So, I should
just stop buying CDs? Alot of this stuff is oldies, blues, jazz, and
classical compilation CDs, not latest release stuff. Although my normal
drive time listening is a new rck station. Sory but I did not know that I
needed to back up a license file in Media Player. Did not used to be that
way. I generally deal with business machines.

Aaron

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Sorry the reply took so long. Been laid up in the hospital. So, I should
just stop buying CDs? Alot of this stuff is oldies, blues, jazz, and
classical compilation CDs, not latest release stuff. Although my normal
drive time listening is a new rck station. Sory but I did not know that I
needed to back up a license file in Media Player. Did not used to be that
way. I generally deal with business machines.

If you purchase music via download then the content almost always
requires a license. That is not unique to Media Player. Same deal with
iTunes etc.

 

[chicagofan]

If you purchase music via download then the content almost always
requires a license. That is not unique to Media Player. Same deal with
iTunes etc.

Is there something in my files now, that will tell ME I got the licenses I need
with the files I purchased through MusicMatch? Or is the fact that they play
correctly, my only indication? TIA...
bj