What file type is it?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#codecs
Does it work if you save it to your hard disk first and THEN play it back?

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--
"kaharls" <kaharls@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FA1C54DA-13C1-4E1C-8C13-71072DB5A832@microsoft.com...
> Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support
> the
> file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
> file.
> This is the message I have been receiving whenever I try to download my
> emails. Can someone please help me? I am a novice at computers and if
> there
> is anyone out there with care and patience to guide me through step by
> step I
> would be very appreciative. PLEASE
> I have so many emails I can not open and read.
> I have just been put on cable with Optus, should this interfer? I have
> mucked around with some settings and still can not get anything. I am in
> a
> mess.