Windows XP Media Troubles (Repost)

[TheScaryOne]

I was running Windows, doing the normal things, chatting
on Messenger, listening to music, and the computer
crashed. I restarted, and found out that I could no
longer watch videos, start the WMP8, or view .PNG files.
After a while of searching, I found that two of my system
files were missing, and I downloaded them, and put them
in the right place, and I could watch videos again. I
still have the same problems with WMP8, and no .PNG
files, so I kept looking. It was suggested that I
download a codec pack. I did, installed it, nothing much,
except I could play WMV files on Winamp. I upgraded to
WMP9, which I now EXTREMELY regret, as I can no longer
restore to the point of which I installed it, and there
is NO uninstaller. Now I can start WMP9, but if I play
anything, it freezes at "Opening Media". And has me send
an error report and terminates the program. So now I'm
stuck with the following things: I have WMP9, and I want
WMP8 back, I have no way of seeing any .PNG files, and I
have a serious headache from asking around on the
internet and searching the knowledge database. I suspect
more system files to be missing, I just have no idea
whatsoever to which ones. Also, I am running a Hewelett
Packard Pavillion 531w, with a corrupted restore
partition so I can not do a full system recovery. I have
also done MANY virus scans, and never come up with
anything.

 

[TheScaryOne]

Yes I have, and all that does is "Remove Access" but it
takes away no or too little space, so it's not physically
removing Media Player. Thank you for trying though.

 

[Paul Woodsford]

You could try System File Check.
Insert XP cd. Once set-up screen starts click on EXIT.
Then goto START-RUN and type in "sfc /scannow" and OK.
Do Not type the "" and the space between sfc and / is important.