windows xp windows media player- music is skipping!

by yamaha745 Jun 23, 2009 5:19PM PDT

music is skipping like you bumped a turntable.
have media player 11.did not have problem till i downloaded the media player 11 upgrade.tried deleting windows media player and went back to previous version.music still skips.now if i synch those same songs to my sansa clip mp3 player theres no skipping on the sansa clip.music plays great.i even deleted the whole music library and ripped the cd songs again using the wav lossless format but to no avail.there is skipping in just about all songs.
there is no problem playing music cds or dvd movies.no skipping.
hopefully someone can help. thank you very much, mike

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WMP 11 is a "heavy load."

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 23, 2009 9:51PM PDT

Try other players but without seeing what machine this is, I've seen WMP 11 skip where 8,9,10 didn't. Since you didn't tell what PC this is, try this -> http://winhlp.com/node/10

And I'm going to write that some won't do that in spite of it being a common cure. I can't count how many either write "I looked" or "I don't think that applies" and miss out on an easy.
Bob

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(NT) Try a restore point prior to WMP11 install

by Willy Jun 24, 2009 1:43AM PDT

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wmp 11 music still skipping

by yamaha745 Jun 24, 2009 3:52AM PDT

the computer is an e machines t 3410.amd sempron processor3400+
2.0 ghz 1600mhz fsb 256 kbl cache 160gb ata hard drive 1.5 ghz ddr sdram memory video is nvidia geforce 6100
optical drive dvd/cd-rw combination drive 16x max read 48xmax write
windows xp upgraded to service pack 3.upgraded to windows media player 11. browser is firefox 3

i have no trouble with the cd/dvd drives.music cds and dvd movie discs play just fine.
no problems when ripping music cds to media player.its when i try to play the music from the media player,the music skips.
i am a computer newbie and not very good with computers.
i tried as suggested to restore computer to an earlier time but no matter what date i click on or try to create a new restore point,it always comes back saying cannot restore to this point please select another restore point.it will not restore no matter what i try.
also using avg free virus,zone alarm firewall,and spyware terminator.
i dont seem to have any other problems with the computer other than the media player skipping music and the restore point problems.
thank you very much, mike

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Since

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 24, 2009 4:04AM PDT

I read your post and can't tell if you got the job done from http://winhlp.com/node/10 Again I find that many will not accomplish this so what to do other than tell them to take it to someone that will. It's a simple thing and easy to get it off the list.

However your machine is very likely to buckly under the strain of WMP 11. Take my advice and use other players.
Bob

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Let's try...

by Willy Jun 24, 2009 11:04AM PDT

Removing WMP11 can be a trying task, so follow these suggestions from these links:
http://www.google.com/search?q=WMP11+removal&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

If you succeed in removing the WMP player then use a registry cleaner, to better clear old entries. Once that's done, you can did re-install an older WMP player you like. However, be aware you maybe tasking your system to the limit as the WMP11 did push it over the edge. You can use other players that aren't so system resource heavy.

As for restore, it maybe corrupted or you didn't allow the time it needed. You can turn OFF the restore feature, save that setting. Then reboot with no restore, once it finishes it cleared all old restore points. You can go back and reset the restore to ON and allow restore to be active again. You should do this after resolving your player issue first.

tada -----Willy

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