Microsoft plans to jazz up its music player in Windows Vista, the company's next operating system. But at least some of the new features will debut much sooner. The software, which will be built into ...

PC makers that choose to ship Windows XP with icons on the desktop will have to include at least three Microsoft-mandated icons, the company said. News of the requirement that PC makers include an MSN ...

Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP. Besides offering such incremental improvements as better sync and search capabilities, this latest download is the first with URGE — MTV ...

Yep, ran into some problems with MediaPlayer 8 and The Playa on XP. I was trying to watch Enemy at The Gates DivX, which was using a special AC3 sound codec.<P>Found an old copy of Media player 6.4.x ...

Windows Media Player has been the default media software for the Windows operating systems since the release of Windows XP. The application comes with its own set of audio controls that are separate ...

The latest update to VLC adds native support for Arm-based PCs, adds a dark mode, and fixes an issue for Windows XP.

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If you need to capture still images from training videos or other video materials, you can use Windows Media Player 10 on Windows XP computers. However, you will get a black image if you attempt to ...

I am building a new system, and after installing Windows XP w/SP1, I installed XP SP2. But I've noticed that in Windows Media Player, I am missing two skins that I had on my system prior from when I ...

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...

Microsoft's Media Player 9 has a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to play or modify media files on a target system. The big danger here is that many companies and even government agencies ...