Vista version Media Player 11 won't start up.

[MC360]

I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate. I've had the system for about 2
weeks now. Media Player 11 has just stopped working. If I try to open
up an music file, nothing happens. I can click all day on any media
file and Media Player 11 will not fire up.

Apple iTunes however will play my mp3 files ( untill it locks up/
freezes), pretty much useless for anything else at the moment,
including syncing up the 4 iPods in the house. My feelings on
this....this is the experience Apple intentionally wants new Vista
users to have, at least till they decide to release the glitch free
Vista compatible version of iTunes.

Getting back to Media Player 11,I thought maybe I should un-install it
but when I go to the add/remove programs option screen, Media Player
isnt even on the list, Vista wont allow me to remove Media Player 11.

I tried to download and install it from Microsoft in hopes that it
would give me an option to repair or re-install it but all I could
find was an XP version. When I tried to install it , Vista would give
me a pop up message telling me that my system currently has the most
up to date version, then it automatically ended the installation.

I'm not going to re-install Vista just to fix this, I should have
better options and more control, but I don't obviously.

Overall I still like the cool new features of Vista and hope a
Microsoft Guru will have a fix for me soon. I love my mp3s' & Im
getting grouchy without my Media Player 11.

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

Check the CPU using Task Manager. You might see a process that is taking a
good chunk of CPU. This is a DRM executable (don't have the name right
now). When this runs WMP will not play the mp3. I can terminate the
process and then click play in WMP and the song will play but the next song
will have the same problem.

Lloyd Sheen