#Windows media player 9 help license#
#Windows media player 9 help download#

If you wade deep enough through the privacy statements, you find that WMP no longer sends the player i.d.

Figure 31-2: Answer these key questions for Microsoft.

WMP presents you with its privacy questionnaire, as shown in Figure 31-2.ħ.Unless you have very specific reasons for leaving your personal information in Microsoft’s databases, uncheck all the check boxes and click Next. Read the EULA carefully, and then click I Accept.Įveryone does. The EULA is a little bit longer than this technique, and it’s packed with legalese so dense that no two attorneys - especially no two Microsoft attorneys - would ever agree on what it says.ĥ.

#Windows media player 9 help license#

WMP greets you with its End User License Agreement. Follow the instructions to save the file MP10Setup.exe someplace convenient.Ĥ.

#Windows media player 9 help download#

Under the Windows Media Player 10, click the Download Now button.ģ. Start Internet Explorer and go to download/default.asp.Ģ. Figure 31-1: You definitely don’t want version 8, identified by the “8.00.00.” version number.If the dialog box says you have version 8 (as in Figure 31-1), you need version 10 - quick. If you don’t know which version of Windows Media Player you have on your Windows XP PC, start WMP (choose Start All Programs Windows Media Player) then choose Help About Windows Media Player. Musicmatch’s greatest saving grace is that it’s format-agnostic: Yahoo doesn’t care if you use Microsoft’s WMA or Apple’s AAC. Yahoo’s Musicmatch (has long led the pack among those who want a simple, no-hassles approach to their music. It even allows you to convert songs from Microsoft’s WMA format to Apple’s AAC format. iTunes makes it easy to print CD case inserts. Apple’s iTunes (based on the QuickTime platform (a buggy program I’ve been railing about for years), has the interface I like best. If you grow weary of WMP’s in-yer-face advertising and obnoxious Microsoft-file-format bias, you have plenty of good alternatives. Windows Media Player ain’t the only game in town. This technique gets you up and running WMP 10 quickly and with a minimum of hassle - now and in the future. To Microsoft’s credit, the new version, Windows Media Player 10, gives you plenty of opportunity to protect your privacy, if you know which check boxes to uncheck. In the new version, Microsoft tries to convince you that allowing Mama Microsoft to keep track of your playing and viewing habits is to, uh, enhance your personal experience. For one thing, the old version automatically kept track of what you played and sent Microsoft these great little notices, complete with a “branding” number that identified your PC. Microsoft has come a long way from Windows Media Player 8 (WMP 8), which shipped with the original version of Windows XP. Putting the volume control where you can reach it quickly Getting Windows Media Player 10′s settings right