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Freogg

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I have Windows 7 Pro x64, the media player that comes with it crashes constantly. Can a older version be installed?
 

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Home Built
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Windows 7
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Intel Q6600
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Gigabyte EP45T UD3P
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Corsair Dominator DDR3
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Asus 8800GTS
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Soundblaster Audigy2
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Sony 21" CRT
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2 Hitachi 500 Gigabyte
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OCZ ModXStream 900 Watt
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You have an Audigy 2 sound card, why not use Creative's MediaSource Player?
 

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DIY
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W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
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Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
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ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
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2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
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EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
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Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
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Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
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CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
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HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
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3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
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Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
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Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
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(** = 2nd rig)
Or WinAmp
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
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C2D E8200
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XFX 750i
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8GB PNY PC2-6400
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BFG 9600GT x 2
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Stock XFX Optical
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Gateway 22" HD Display
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C: 1 TB G: 500 GB H: 500 GB
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Ultra LSP 550 Pro Lifetime Series
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Xion2
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ThermalTake
I prefer Media Monkey though I use WinAmp when doing just single songs. :D
 

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HP Pavilion a4302f
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Win 7 Pro x64, VM Win XP, Win7 Pro Sandbox, Kubuntu 11
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AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 @ 3.0 Gbz
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12GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB, 2x2GB
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ATI Radeon HD 4350 HD Graphics/Audio with 512MB
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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1. Dell 23" SP2307, 2. Mitsublishi 40" HDTV, Hannspree 25"
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Int: 1 120 Gig SSD i
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Mid Tower
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Standard Fans - 5 fans (very quiet)
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Microsoft Wireless 2000
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Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
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10 Mbit (realistically 500 Kbit - 1.2 Mbit)
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All good suggestions, but in my experience, Windows Media Player crashes are mostly attributable to bad codecs. And I've been using Windows 7 since the BETA Build 7000, and I think maybe Windows Media Player has crashed on me maybe twice.

Freogg, what codec pack are you using? The codecs provided by Shark007 are the most reliable you'll ever get for windows XP, Vista or Windows 7...
 

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Virtual Machine
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Windows 7 Professional 32-bit SP1
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AMD A4/A6
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Intel Corporation 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
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3.00GB EDO
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VMware SVGA 3D
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High Definition Audio Device
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Generic Non-PnP Monitor on VMware SVGA 3D
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1440x900
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1 x 60GB VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive ATA Device
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Kaspersky Total Security
Foobar 2000!
 

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Win7 RTM
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P4 2.6ghz Hyper Threading
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Asus P4S800D-X
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2 GIG
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Nvidia G-Force 6200
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Realtek AC'97 Audio
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Dell IN1910N HD LCD
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1366x768@60Hz
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Disk0 Seagate ST360015A ATA Device
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Custom
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Custom
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fans
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IBM
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Logitech M310
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6mbps DSL Direct AT&T

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Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
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Intel I5 2500K 3.3Ghz Stock
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Asus P8H 61-M LE USB 3
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8Gig Kingston DDRIII HyperX Blue 1333 Mhz
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AMD Sapphire 7870 2GB
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Creative Fatality Pro
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27" BENQ LED
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1920X1080
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1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
1 x Seagate 250GB
1 x Western Digital 1000GB
1 x HP 500GB
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700W Coolermaster Stealth Pro etc
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Coolermaster Scout
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Some fans
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Some Logitech type.
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Logitech MX518
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Wireless 8mb
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Canon Scanner
Epson Printer
Nikon DSLR 3000
Wacom Tablet
What exactly is the cause of WMP crashes?

Audio, Video, both?

If Video, as Dzomlija already stated, something like Sharks Codecs should resolve the issue.
 

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Custom (Self Build)
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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Intel Core i7 2700k
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eVGA P67 SLI
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8GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks @1866
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EVGA GTX570 SC
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XiFi Titanium HD
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LG W2453V
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1920x1080
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Intel 320 80GB -- Intel X25-V 40GB --WD Black 1TB x2 -- WD Blue 640GB
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Seasonic x750
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Corsair 600T SE White
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eVGA Superclocked CPU Cooler
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Saitek Cyborg
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Kaspersky
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IE
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LG BD/DVD

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PC/Desktop
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Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
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Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (desktop)
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
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Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
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2x 2GB OCZ DDR II SDRAM PC2-6400
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NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT
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HP 2009m(primary), Acer P191W
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1600x900, 1440x900
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Internal:WD Caviar Black 640GB 32MB cache 7200RPM
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500GB Toshiba portable drive
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Antec Earthwatts EA500D
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Antec Sonata III
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4 fans
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Logitech Wave
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Logitech M-SBF90
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Slow due to home Wireless-G router
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MSE, Hitman Pro, Malwarebytes
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Chrome and Palemoon
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15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit LCD Display: (1366x768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)
Intel® Pentium® Processor B940 (2.0GHz, 2MB L3 cache)
Windows® 7 Home Premium,500GB Hard Drive,4GB DDR3 RAM, Intel® HD Graphics,8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader,802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
Chrome and Palemoon, MSE, Hitman Pro
I like WMP the best and as far as codecs I have the other popular codec pack, I am at work so I can't list it now. Video will work most of the time but audio will crash a second into the song. I am using onboard audio. Tonight I will uninstall the codecs and try Shark007.
 

My Computer

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Home Built
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Q6600
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45T UD3P
Memory
Corsair Dominator DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Asus 8800GTS
Sound Card
Soundblaster Audigy2
Monitor(s) Displays
Sony 21" CRT
Hard Drives
2 Hitachi 500 Gigabyte
1 Maxtor 250 Gigabyte
PSU
OCZ ModXStream 900 Watt
Case
Lian Li A17 Aluminum Case
Cooling
Fan
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