Need windows media player for Windows 7 Professional N

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  1. Posts : 7
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    Need windows media player for Windows 7 Professional N


    i have professional n and i need wmp tho for alot of things i use .

    I cannot find it to download anywhere , can you help me ?

    64bit also
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  2. Posts : 8,608
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
       #2

    Window 7 Professional is supposed to include media player as well as media center. Is yours' missing?

    Which one is right for you? - Microsoft Windows

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...s-Media-Player
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  3. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
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    i have the n version witch does not include media player or ie but i need media player!!!
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  4. Posts : 8,608
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
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  5. Posts : 17
    Windows 7 Professional
       #5

    I have the EXACT same problem....

    I am being told by Microsoft that you can NOT add Media Player 12 to "N" versions of Windows 7...

    The download that Jacee suggested will not work on my WIndows 7 Professional N version..

    I am hoping Microsoft will let me "upgrade" to Windows Professional normal version for free. I do not want to to a complete re-install though.

    sigh...
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  6. Posts : 31,238
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
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    If you have the proof of purchase and you either approach Microsoft in Europe or your actual supplier, You may be able to change your version based on what is a genuine error on your part.

    I doubt however that this will be a simple download of the media components as I believe that the "N" restrictions are hard coded.

    As another option, that may work, is if you can source an upgrade copy of the Standard install and perform an in-place upgrade you may be able to add things that way but the hard coding may prevent this - only Microsoft will be able to give you a definitive answer.
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  7. Posts : 17
    Windows 7 Professional
       #7

    Thanks for that!

    I bought it through the Microsoft Store in the UK so I will give them a call tmw and see what they say.

    My guess is there are a few other people out there in the same position. If I find a solution I will post it.

    Regards,

    Skibum
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  8. Posts : 31,238
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
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    I would probably make a big thing about the confusion caused by the EU and the non IE version and that you thought that the N version was the version you were expected to purchase
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  9. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional N
       #9

    I have the same problem and have been messing with it for 3 days. It all seems related to the fact that you cannot install Windows Media Foundation (which contains the required codecs to play WMV and WMA and so on).

    This morning I found the following:
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...c-a6cef9b414c4

    It was just released yesterday. I can only assume that a whole lot of people were complaining.

    I myself just wanted to have a system without WMP interfering with everything, not a windows that is crippled by removing support for pretty much any media format except for WAVs....

    Edit: I suppose it will work, am still downloading it myself, but because this forum/topic helped me on my quest I though I'd share
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  10. Posts : 686
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1
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    Blizz, that's a good dig! +rep
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