Windows media player beta 2

Windows Media Player 12 Learn more. Included in clean installs of Windows 10 as well as upgrades to Windows 10 from Windows 8. In some editions of Windows 10, it's included as an optional feature that you can enable. Enable Windows Media Player. DVD playback isn't included. Included in Windows 8. For Windows Media Player 12 for Windows 8.

Get it now. Visualizations have been improved, but this comes at a cost—in my case, an average of 30 percent CPU usage on a 2. On Microsoft's frequently asked questions page, the software giant spends a lot of time discussing how WMP is an integral part of the operating system and cannot be removed, although you can roll back to earlier versions if you wish.

You must login or create an account to comment. Skip to main content Microsoft's Windows Media Player hasn't been around as long as Apple's QuickTime, but the Redmond company has been working furiously to make it the biggest, baddest, and above all most dominant media player on the block. Jeremy Reimer I'm a writer and web developer. Find help and how-to information for your version of Windows Media Player. Learn about the features and how to fix problems.

If Windows Media Player stopped working correctly after the latest updates from Windows Update, verify that the updates are the problem by using System Restore. To do this:. Select the Start button, and then type system restore.

Follow the prompts to select the restore point just before the round of updates that seemed to trigger the problem. Then run the system restore process. This takes a while. Post by betaluva » Sat Jan 12, pm. Post by cattyivy » Fri Mar 21, pm. Privacy Terms. The community for beta and abandonware collectors. Quick links. Do not request a download if you have under 10 posts. You will be ignored.

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