Win 2K & Win media player 7.1

[jmtjet]

I found a site where I can D/L Windows media player 7.1. Is 7.1 compatible with Win 2K Pro.? The site says Win 98. I had bad luck with Windows Media Player 9, so I'm looking to an earlier(and more stable) version. Thanks.

 

[emmjay]

Yes ! I was running Media Player 7.1 for about 6 months with no problems with 2000 Pro, I've now upgraded to Media Player 9.0 & again apart from once giving me an error message this has now been successfully running for about a month. I use Media Player every day to view video clips, you may need to find & download codecs for 7.1 if you are planning to do similar.

 

[Ersbygubben]

I had problem with the newer version. I lost my CD-stations. Both DVD and burner. It was so serious, I had to reinstall Win2KPro and everything else. I don't know what did the bad trick, but I installed the v.7.1 again and everything is fine.

 

[jmtjet]

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to install version 7.1.

 

[aaronp20]

To resolve the compatibility issue with Media Player and windows 2000 all you have to do is change the permission on a file called "wmplibrary*.db". this file is located under the all users profile. so the path in most cases is c:\documents and setting\all users\application data\microsoft\media index\wmplibrary*.db just give the USERS group full permission to the wmplibrary*.db file. This issue has been documented by microsoft.