But I thought WMP was an integral part of the operating system and Windows
won't run without it.
There must be some unidentified electro-magnetic force in the atmosphere in
the EU that lets Windows run without WMP.
Dale
"Joe727" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:eVk12xZIHHA.816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> It's also exactly why the European Commisson forced Microsoft to 'unbind'
> Windows Media Player from Microsoft Operating Systems. In the European
> Union, when you buy a Microsoft Operating System, Windows Media Player is
> not part of it.
>
> http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/...65&pagtype=all
>
> Joe
>
> "Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
> news:uh9rnzSIHHA.4384@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Your attitude implies that users who don't like WMP - a product Microsoft
>> forces them to purchase whether they want to or not - should not complain
>> about the quality. They should just keep their mouths shut and use
>> something else and be good little corporate citizens. That is exactly
>> why WMP is in the shape it is in. When people presented bad ideas, no
>> one was willing to stand up and say, "That's just bad."
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> "Ben" <benjimen@mail.com> wrote in message
>> news:31F08BEB-A90D-4ECA-8D7E-14FBB472BEA5@microsoft.com...
>>> Well, fortunately for you there are a variety of choices in media
>>> players out there for you to look at, you'll find one eventually --
>>> apparently, it's not WMP -- good luck!
>>>
>>> "BB" <BB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:C7557630-678D-46C8-964D-371D9BB91BD0@microsoft.com...
>>>>
>>>> Some of the buttons are prettier, but it is more difficult to use. You
>>>> have
>>>> to do more scrolling, mouse movement and clicking to play an album.
>>>>
>>>> I'd give up a pretty button for easier use.
>>>>
>>>> Better yet - how about pretty buttons that are easy to use?
>>>>
>>>> Also, what's the idea of printing a big A, B C etc to show the first
>>>> letter
>>>> of the album name? What a waste of screen real esatate that just makes
>>>> it
>>>> take longer to do everything.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Ben" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry you don't like it, personally -- I think it's great, the best
>>>>> version
>>>>> so far
>>>>>
>>>>> "BB" <BB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:6C897156-97F9-4F22-A717-A4975C6DEEE6@microsoft.com...
>>>>> > They slip it in on you by surprise by making it look like a simple
>>>>> > update
>>>>> > to
>>>>> > MP 10.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Then you get this horrible Player that is a big pain to use.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > For some stupid reason they have made it more difficult to simply
>>>>> > play an
>>>>> > album or a song.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > You used to be able to scroll down to the album you wanted using a
>>>>> > simple
>>>>> > standard menu system. Now you have to scroll through 2 controls.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > What is the reason for making it more difficult to use? This doesn't
>>>>> > make
>>>>> > sense.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>