Media Player Not Hoster Problem Help!!

[ddouglass]

Swany if you want to try to find out what the problem is, then turn off the Auto Restart.
Right click on My Computer. Go to Properties. Click on the Advanced tab. Then under Startup and Recovery click the Settings button. Under System Failure section uncheck Automatically restart.
Then when you run WMP and play a file that errors out it should show you what the error is. This may lock up the computer but you should be able to tell what is causing the error.
As to the internet connection you can always get a USB wireless network device that should connect you the same way the rest of your computers do. You really should at least upgrade your Windows or you may find future MTU programs won't work right.

[swany]

Not saying it is fixed but I went to the Library options and just thought wonder if this sucker is making it work too hard. Cleaned out all the bs files and got rid of the auto listing options. Go figure it's been playing for 5 hrs non stop so far. Gonna set it up with 8hrs worth and go night night later on if it don't reboot again. Got my fingers crossed. Maybe after collecting data for 3yrs + it's mind went on a vacation.

[swany]

Back to square one, same crap different day. Got up this am and started up the media player and it reboots.

[ddouglass]

Do you have a copy of Media Player 10 installer? If so you might try doing what we have to do sometimes with Hoster. That is to do a complete uninstall (Add or Remove Programs), clean out the registry of Media Player entries, delete Media player entries in Program Files (if you can find them), restart computer and then reinstall it.

[swany]

Bought a USB to Ehternet Adapter, went on line and AM now Media Player11 and 3.310 to 3.321 Hoster. So far it seems to have done the trick upgrading to 11. Figured if I had to have it on line, may as well catch up with the latest hoster. Three down, one to go. I guess thats what they call moving from Geezerhood to your second childhood.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by swany

Bought a USB to Ehternet Adapter, went on line and AM now Media Player11 and 3.310 to 3.321 Hoster. So far it seems to have done the trick upgrading to 11. Figured if I had to have it on line, may as well catch up with the latest hoster. Three down, one to go. I guess thats what they call moving from Geezerhood to your second childhood.

Did you upgrade Windows too? I know there have been .net Framework updates since the last time you did it

[swany]

XP + SP2 Leave it as is. Went to the MS site and it said I was good to go, got the whole package with the MP 11 upgrade. It of course had to install all items when I shut it down. If I can remember right it had about an even dozen it installed.