Media Player 11

[sachatribe]

I'm trying to find information / tools on how to deploy Windows Media Player
11 to our corporate enviroment. This will be deloyed to Windows XP SP2
clients.
There is a deployment tool on the WMP11 site but after it's install it
refers to WMP10 and 9.
Also is there a different download for corporate use?
Thanks.

 

[Alias]

I'm trying to find information / tools on how to deploy Windows Media
Player 11 to our corporate enviroment. This will be deloyed to Windows
XP SP2 clients.
There is a deployment tool on the WMP11 site but after it's install it
refers to WMP10 and 9.
Also is there a different download for corporate use?
Thanks.

Trust me, you want to stick with WMP 10.

Alias

 

[M.I.5¾]

Trust me, you want to stick with WMP 10.

OK. Why?

 

[Alias]

OK. Why?

DRM.

Alias

 

[Guest]

Okay, why?
What issues have you seen?

OK. Why?

 

[Alias]

Okay, why?
What issues have you seen?

To whom are you replying?

Alias

 

[M.I.5¾]

Okay, why?
What issues have you seen?

I haven't seen any issues. I want to know what issues I am likely to see.
Someone has already said 'DRM'.

 

[M.I.5¾]

DRM.

Care to expand?

 

[M.I.5¾]

To whom are you replying?

Who are you asking?

 

[Alias]

Care to expand?

Digital Rights Management.

Read this:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34523

and this:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/09/21/wmp.11.imposes.drm.limits/

Alias

 

[Slap]

M.I.5¾ wrote:

Digital Rights Management.

Read this:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34523

and this:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/09/21/wmp.11.imposes.drm.limits/

Alias

Read This... DRM on its way out...

The headline...
'EMI signs deal with Apple to sell songs online without protection"

the story is here...
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourn....html?id=b6c1e37a-ed92-44a5-82cb-cbe2e0ca84f6

So... the movement has started.

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[Alias]

Read This... DRM on its way out...

The headline...
'EMI signs deal with Apple to sell songs online without protection"

the story is here...
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourn....html?id=b6c1e37a-ed92-44a5-82cb-cbe2e0ca84f6

So... the movement has started.

Yeah, Amazon will be selling DRMless MP3s too. Hopefully, MS will see
the writing on the wall but I doubt it.

Alias

 

[Slap]

Yeah, Amazon will be selling DRMless MP3s too. Hopefully, MS will see the
writing on the wall but I doubt it.

Alias

I'm not so sure MS cares. I think like Apple they bowed to the pressure of
the recording companies. Once the companies decide they are losing out in
sales they will be begging MS to do the update to remove DRM. I hope this
is the case.

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[Alias]

I'm not so sure MS cares. I think like Apple they bowed to the pressure of
the recording companies. Once the companies decide they are losing out in
sales they will be begging MS to do the update to remove DRM. I hope this
is the case.

I'm not hoping; I'm using WMP10 ;-)

Alias

 

[M.I.5¾]

Digital Rights Management.

Read this:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34523

and this:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/09/21/wmp.11.imposes.drm.limits/

Alias

Someone know has updated to WMP11. How does one get back to the previous
incarnation?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Someone know has updated to WMP11. How does one get back to the previous
incarnation?

Uninstall it. Control Panel: Add or Remove Programs

 

[M.I.5¾]

Uninstall it. Control Panel: Add or Remove Programs

Right, that removes WMP11. But how does the previous version magically
reinstall itself?

 

[Alias]

Right, that removes WMP11. But how does the previous version magically
reinstall itself?

I don't know (I've never installed 11) but if it doesn't, search the
Microsoft.com site for Windows Media 10, download it and install it.

Alias

 

[Slap]

Right, that removes WMP11. But how does the previous version magically
reinstall itself?

Yep. MS magic. 10 re-installs itself.

 

[Doug]

Yep. MS magic. 10 re-installs itself.

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But don't forget to uninstall the WMP11 Runtime Environment as
well.

Doug W.
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