Media Player

Utility to play audio and video clips

Reference:

• Search Microsoft Support: Media Player

In XPlite Professional you can find Media Player under the group titled  Multimedia.

Install Media Player:

Media Player is a stand-alone component. The function of Media Player does not rely on any other XPlite Professional components and removing other components in XPlite Professional should not influence Media Player.

Uninstall Media Player:

Media Player is not required by other system components in XPlite Professional. You can safely uninstall Media Player without compromising other XPlite Professional components.

BUT PLEASE NOTE: You may have other software installed that does require Media Player. If you encounter any compatibility issues with other software you can quickly and easily reinstall Media Player using XPlite Professional.

Compatibility:

XPlite Professional can completely uninstall Media Player and reinstall to repair Media Player on:

• Windows XP Professional: orig, SP1, SP2
• Windows XP Home: orig, SP1, SP2
• Windows 2000 Professional: orig, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4
• Windows 2003 Server: orig, SP1, SP2(coming!)

User Removal Statistics for Media Player

XPlite:
Of 1330 sampled Windows XP users, 831 left Media Player installed and 499 people uninstalled Media Player from their system.

2000lite:
Of 393 sampled Windows 2000 users, 87 left Media Player installed and 82 people uninstalled it from their system. No data for another 224 users (advanced features hidden or incomplete log data).

Pro Users can help us collect these removal statistics.

1. In XPlite or 2000lite press to access preferences.
2. Ensure logging is on.
3. Check "Send component state data when checking for upgrades" on the Preferences tab.
4. Using the Check for Upgrades button on the About tab.

The information sent is the last block only of component installation state data - you can see this in the log as "option=1" or "option=0". No personal information is conveyed.