I would imagine, since MS (and the world in general)
has gone so over the top
with DRM, that the PPC is not "secure" enough vs.
the dedicated media players, hence the bitching.

"Shawn E. Hale" <SEHaleNOSPAM1@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:O45UUfi$GHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I have the same error message for my Dell Axim x3i. I hope find a way for
> WMP 11 to ignore or it as it is annoying to get that error message every
> time my device is cradled.
>
>
> "Paul E. Jones" <paulej@arid.us> wrote in message
> news:epSEurR$GHA.1560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Folks,
> >
> > I installed Windows Media Player 11 today and it reports this error:
"Your
> > device is using an outdated driver that is no longer supported by
Windows
> > Media Player. For additional assistance, click Web Help."
> >
> > I did not find the web help particularly useful (only suggesting I
remove
> > WMP 11) and I could not immediately find the source of the problem. I
> > finally discovered that it was my Pocket PC (iPAQ 4150).
> >
> > Since I don't use that device to play music, I absolutely do not care
> > whether there is or is not an updated driver. But, I certainly want to
get
> > rid of this annoying message. Does anybody know how to disassociate the
> > Pocket PC from Media Player?
> >
> > If that's not easily done, any idea when HP might possibly produce an
> > updated driver for this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> >
> >
>
>