[req] 100 Credits to help me with my computer

For some reasons videos won't play in my browser and my windows media player isn't working.

100 Credits for someone who helps me to succesfully get it working again.

 

Reinstall it (Or update it)

~iPro

 

Tried it.

 

What browser, what OS, and what version of both? If it's IE, it's probably some ActiveX problem--either security settings or it's just flat broken. It's not the media player, since you can play the video independently. If you're running a still-supported version of Windows (2000 or XP), Windows Update may or may not fix it, but it's a start.

Next step would be security settings, again if you're running IE. Check to make sure you're not set at "High" for general Internet pages. "Medium-High" may give you problems, too. If it's a site in particular you're trying to get the streaming video from, add it to your trusted list or lower your settings to "Medium" (wouldn't recommend any lower than that!) to see if that does it. Sometimes custom mucking-around-with in the ActiveX settings can break it, too.

If you're running Firefox, make sure that Media Player (or whatever your default player may be) has its plugin installed. I'd tell you where you could easily and simply find it, but I can't seem to find anything about plugins in my install of Firefox. Eh, they'll probably sort it out next version. This, by the way, is one of the several reasons I don't use Firefox if I can help it.

I don't know if that's any help at all, but it's something.

 

make sure your on your administrator acc b/c the account ur on might not let you watch videos

 

Yeah I use firefox should I switch?

and it says can't create direct show player.

 

Ive had that, turns out it was a prob with my codecs, as for why it happened I never knew, but I installed this codec pack, and now every type of media works ^^

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

If that doesnt work, when you do fix this problem you'll atleast be able to watch most encodes without probs ^^

 

Still can't get it to work

 

Post what error the WMP gives when you open it

And the videos won't show in your browser either because:

WMP isn't working, or you don't have the correct codex for the video format.

 

try going to start>run...> and then type "regsvr32 vbscript.dll" without ""
it won't hurt your pc if it isn't the problem, it will fix your problem if it is the problem.

 

When I tried Firefox, I couldn't watch videos either, so I stick with IE7.

 

It said it failed..and for my wmp it dosen't even open I just click it and nothing happens.

 

if it fails there's still thsi to try.

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/90134-post6.html

 

Install Windows Media player again and then download some codec's

 

Should I just re install windows cause none of these are working for some reason.