I'm running Vista Home Premium (32-bit) and installed a codec pack to try
and improve on Vista's ability to play certain video files. After
installing, IE7 will no longer open any links for MPG or MPEG files. Other
file formats seem to open the media player just fine as usual. I
uninstalled the Codec pack (Vista Codec Pack) but that didn't help. The
actual MPG Codec is fine as files play with no problem directly from the
media player (WMP 11) if d/l'd first, and they also open/play fine from
Firefox. When clicking on a link that I see the following:

"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address. "


I've tried making sure that the file associations are correct, checked my
proxy settings, made sure Internet connections was checked in Media player,
etc all to no avail. I've also checked and the codecs are installed in WMP.
I've also googled this until my eyes bled - no help.

How can I make IE remember how to open an MPG/MPEG file?

Thanks in advance.

-Riff

dont use codec packs!!!

Do a system restore to a time before you installed the pack,
then download the following cobination that works very well

real alternative
Quicktime alternative
koepi xvid
and gomplayer to play all the rest that media player cant.

Also keep this in mind, since they will be releasing a version for vista
soon: divx http://www.divx.com/

In the meanwhile gomplayer can play everything if you install the real alt.
and quick alt I have below.

Links :
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Koepi_XviD.htm
or http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml

www.gomplayer.com






"Riffrafter" <sve@skads.com> wrote in message
news:egXLRqNdHHA.4392@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'm running Vista Home Premium (32-bit) and installed a codec pack to try
> and improve on Vista's ability to play certain video files. After
> installing, IE7 will no longer open any links for MPG or MPEG files.
> Other file formats seem to open the media player just fine as usual. I
> uninstalled the Codec pack (Vista Codec Pack) but that didn't help. The
> actual MPG Codec is fine as files play with no problem directly from the
> media player (WMP 11) if d/l'd first, and they also open/play fine from
> Firefox. When clicking on a link that I see the following:
>
> "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
>
> Most likely causes:
> You are not connected to the Internet.
> The website is encountering problems.
> There might be a typing error in the address. "
>
>
> I've tried making sure that the file associations are correct, checked my
> proxy settings, made sure Internet connections was checked in Media
> player, etc all to no avail. I've also checked and the codecs are
> installed in WMP. I've also googled this until my eyes bled - no help.
>
> How can I make IE remember how to open an MPG/MPEG file?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Riff

Er... if you are planning on downloading and using iTunes, then that comes
with quicktime bundled so you can skip the quicktime alternative in that
case. If you have no plan on installing iTunes, install the quicktime
alternative.


"Riffrafter" <sve@skads.com> wrote in message
news:egXLRqNdHHA.4392@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'm running Vista Home Premium (32-bit) and installed a codec pack to try
> and improve on Vista's ability to play certain video files. After
> installing, IE7 will no longer open any links for MPG or MPEG files.
> Other file formats seem to open the media player just fine as usual. I
> uninstalled the Codec pack (Vista Codec Pack) but that didn't help. The
> actual MPG Codec is fine as files play with no problem directly from the
> media player (WMP 11) if d/l'd first, and they also open/play fine from
> Firefox. When clicking on a link that I see the following:
>
> "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
>
> Most likely causes:
> You are not connected to the Internet.
> The website is encountering problems.
> There might be a typing error in the address. "
>
>
> I've tried making sure that the file associations are correct, checked my
> proxy settings, made sure Internet connections was checked in Media
> player, etc all to no avail. I've also checked and the codecs are
> installed in WMP. I've also googled this until my eyes bled - no help.
>
> How can I make IE remember how to open an MPG/MPEG file?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Riff

Click Start > type "Internet Options" > hit Enter

This should open the Internet Properties dialog > click 'Advanced' click the
"Reset" button under "Reset Internet Explorer settings', this will make IE
like new again.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Riffrafter" <sve@skads.com> wrote in message
news:egXLRqNdHHA.4392@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'm running Vista Home Premium (32-bit) and installed a codec pack to try
> and improve on Vista's ability to play certain video files. After
> installing, IE7 will no longer open any links for MPG or MPEG files.
> Other file formats seem to open the media player just fine as usual. I
> uninstalled the Codec pack (Vista Codec Pack) but that didn't help. The
> actual MPG Codec is fine as files play with no problem directly from the
> media player (WMP 11) if d/l'd first, and they also open/play fine from
> Firefox. When clicking on a link that I see the following:
>
> "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
>
> Most likely causes:
> You are not connected to the Internet.
> The website is encountering problems.
> There might be a typing error in the address. "
>
>
> I've tried making sure that the file associations are correct, checked my
> proxy settings, made sure Internet connections was checked in Media
> player, etc all to no avail. I've also checked and the codecs are
> installed in WMP. I've also googled this until my eyes bled - no help.
>
> How can I make IE remember how to open an MPG/MPEG file?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Riff