Media Player Will Not Launch (DLL)

[mutefan]

I use Windows Media Player and other Windows XP accessory software
almost exclusively on my laptop, because it has a small hard drive.
Two weeks ago, I ordered a disastrous undigitally "signed" TV Tuner
from a popular computer tech website. A few reviews warned that the
tuner destroyed Windows and necessitated a reinstall, but other reviews
didn't, and so I bought it.

To make a long story short, I was able to avoid total destruction of my
laptop only because of some quick thinking and the ability to go into
the registry and delete from there. My willingness and aptitude to
fiddle with the registry is elementary at best, however, and now I'm
faced with (what I'm sure is) a residual problem from this undigitally
signed hardware disaster: the loss of Media Player.

The warning I get is that ksuser(SomethingELSE).dll is not present, or
not able to open, or currently being used by another file. (It isn't,
because I have no big Mp3 thing or music or video programs running). I
also get a subsequent warning that my Sound is disabled.

If anyone has experienced difficulties such as these after trying to
install a Sabrent TV Tuner card, or any other undigitally signed
sound-intensive device, and has successfully used Media Player
afterward, I would dearly appreciate hearing from you how to get this
device to work again.

I love Windows XP and do everything but fry eggs on it. Thank you.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Go to Start > Run and in the Run box copy, then paste, the following:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\setup_wm.exe"


Then hit the Enter key to reinstall Windows Media Player.


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--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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:

| I use Windows Media Player and other Windows XP accessory software
| almost exclusively on my laptop, because it has a small hard drive.
| Two weeks ago, I ordered a disastrous undigitally "signed" TV Tuner
| from a popular computer tech website. A few reviews warned that the
| tuner destroyed Windows and necessitated a reinstall, but other reviews
| didn't, and so I bought it.
|
| To make a long story short, I was able to avoid total destruction of my
| laptop only because of some quick thinking and the ability to go into
| the registry and delete from there. My willingness and aptitude to
| fiddle with the registry is elementary at best, however, and now I'm
| faced with (what I'm sure is) a residual problem from this undigitally
| signed hardware disaster: the loss of Media Player.
|
| The warning I get is that ksuser(SomethingELSE).dll is not present, or
| not able to open, or currently being used by another file. (It isn't,
| because I have no big Mp3 thing or music or video programs running). I
| also get a subsequent warning that my Sound is disabled.
|
| If anyone has experienced difficulties such as these after trying to
| install a Sabrent TV Tuner card, or any other undigitally signed
| sound-intensive device, and has successfully used Media Player
| afterward, I would dearly appreciate hearing from you how to get this
| device to work again.
|
| I love Windows XP and do everything but fry eggs on it. Thank you.

 

[mutefan]

Go to Start > Run and in the Run box copy, then paste, the following:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\setup_wm.exe"

Then hit the Enter key to reinstall Windows Media Player.

I just did that, and the message I got was "Your computer is running
the most recent version of Media Player and all its components."

???

 

[Guest]

If you have installed Windows Media Player 10, you can roll back to the
version of the Player that was on your computer before installation by doing
the following:

1.
In Category View of Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs.

2.
Click Remove a program, and then do one of the following:

• If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2, at the top of the list,
select the Show updates check box, in the Windows Updates section, click
Windows Media Player 10, and then click Change/Remove.

• If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 1 or earlier, click Windows
Media Player 10, and then click Change/Remove.