windows media player issues

[mike11973]

please help...i am running xp home edition on my laptop w/ windows media player 9....the issue is...everytime i go to view steaming video...the media player and explorer closes unexpectedly...i am not able to resolve the issue.
i have all updates from windows
i have tried error checking after rebooting w/ no success
i have tried redownloading media player w/ no success
the laptop is a gateway solo
1.33 ghz celeron
256 mb ram

 

[micker377]

Are you running a firewall? I found that with ZoneAlarm I had to give WPM "server" permission.

 

[linney]

See where these lead you.

811982 - How to troubleshoot playback in Windows Media Player 9

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811982&FR=1

http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...support/mediaplayer/wmper/wmperrcode_main.asp

WMP 9 Streaming Media Problems
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