I don't have a solution for fixing your current WMP "update", but
I can give
you a couple of alternative suggestions for playing WMA media.

[1] WinAmp v2.x. ---  This version is very resource-friendly.  I use it the
most.  Get the WMA plugin to support MS's format.

[2] IrfanView ---  The latest version supports playing audio files.  I
configured it to to play all media on a Win98SE system (on which WMP also
had a problem) and the files play well.

Hope this helps.


 wrote in message news:1118144725.585.0{at}fidotel.com...
> Is there a freeware alternative to Windows Media Player that will handle
all
> of the media formats that WMP will play (audio and video)?
>
> A friend of mine is running Win98SE on an old machine that she mostly uses
> for e-mail and light surfing.  When someone sends a Windows Media format
> file to her via attachment, she is unable to view it from Hotmail.  It
> acts like it is working, and then presents an error.

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