Windows Media Player problem

[Guest]

I just bought a new computer today. I set up Media Player as part of my normal first time procedures. It worked just fine. I turned off my computer and came back to it later to try and watch a DVD in Media Player. When I put the DVD in the drive the Window came up asking me what I would like to do when I inserted a DVD into the drive. I selected Media Player, but it never opened. I tried clicking on the shortcut on the desktop, but it still would not open. No error code, its just wont open. I looked at task manager, and it showed a process called winmplayer.exe running, or a name similar to that. I re-installed Media Player and it will open and work fine now. Is this going to be a recurring problem? What might be the cause?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

How to Check if DVD Decoder Software is Installed
By default, Windows XP does not come with compatible DVD decoder software
installed. To confirm if you have Windows XP-compatible DVD decoder software
on your system:

Start | Run | Type: dvdupgrd /detect | OK |

A Windows dialog box will open with identifying information about the
installed software. If No decoders found is displayed, no decoder is
installed

Supported Software MPEG-2 DVD Decoders in Windows Media Player for Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];306331