Media Player 11 0x8007042b

[Guest]

I have a fresh install of windows XP and have downloaded all the critical
updates with no errors. Also installed IE7 and everything is working fine.

I come to update Media Player 11 and i get the download from the site no
problem however the application will not install and gives the error message
0x8007042b

This error message had very little information on the MS site and other than
some techy jargon giving a very brief unrelated explanation of the error
code.

Would appreciate some advice on where to go next with this.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Oh, FYI the error message means the installation was aborted (not by me it
wasn't)which is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard!
Any help would be really appreciated.

My SP2 installation gave me Media Player 9 already, maybe i could upgrade to
V10 before i tried going to 11 but i dont know where to DL this from. Not
sure it would fix the problem anyway.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

0x8007042B means ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED, but you already knew that. There
was some kind of error and the installation process was aborted.

Delete wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe and try downloading it again, maybe it
was corrupt.

Windows Media Player 11 Download
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/default.aspx

Readme for Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/readme.aspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Thanks Wesley,

Tried that but still a no go.

Eventually i reinstalled windows (pre updates) from a ghost image and STILL
didnt work, so i reinstallled the ghost again and ran the Autopatcher utility
from autopatcher.com instead of using the MS site and it worked a treat.

Still not sure what happened but my problem is ended now.