is there any possible way to uninstall windows media player? or am I stuck with it because it's integrated with windows?
thanks
thanks
Maybe you can hide it in some versions of Windows but it is
integrated so you can't really get rid of it, which is why MS
will now have to pay a near 500 million Euro fine.
integrated so you can't really get rid of it, which is why MS
will now have to pay a near 500 million Euro fine.
Full Monti
something interesting about the European anti-trust authority:
1) microsoft was fined for boundling the media player, yet they are allowed and forced to sell Windows bundled with the media player. Funnier yet, the fine is for past offenses. so technically, Microsoft is ordered to commit a crime (bundling the media player) from this point onward, there would be no immunity for the forced bundling, and the EU can still fine microsoft for future bundling. How messed up is that?
2) as part of the fine, Microsoft will be forced to sell a medial-player-less version of Windowns, for the same price. Talk about value to the consumer, 🙂
3) if the argument is that consumers are hurt because of bundling, there is no hope: Monti and his friends will allow bundling of media-player like products into windows (like realplayer, etc.), as long as it is not done by microsoft. So consumers will still have one choice (practically), except that it wouldn't be windows, 🙂
4) that's not the end of it. Monti emphasized that the fine was just for Microsoft's European revenue and it is fully within his rights to enforce the European anti-trust standard worldwide, for those unfortunate souls living out side of Europe. But he was nice enough to just limit to Microsoft's European revenue, completely out of his kindness, 🙂
Has anyone reminded him his title as the European anti-trust commissioner? 🙂
Talk about people with ego so big that they forget who they are.
Christer said:
something interesting about the European anti-trust authority:
1) microsoft was fined for boundling the media player, yet they are allowed and forced to sell Windows bundled with the media player. Funnier yet, the fine is for past offenses. so technically, Microsoft is ordered to commit a crime (bundling the media player) from this point onward, there would be no immunity for the forced bundling, and the EU can still fine microsoft for future bundling. How messed up is that?
2) as part of the fine, Microsoft will be forced to sell a medial-player-less version of Windowns, for the same price. Talk about value to the consumer, 🙂
3) if the argument is that consumers are hurt because of bundling, there is no hope: Monti and his friends will allow bundling of media-player like products into windows (like realplayer, etc.), as long as it is not done by microsoft. So consumers will still have one choice (practically), except that it wouldn't be windows, 🙂
4) that's not the end of it. Monti emphasized that the fine was just for Microsoft's European revenue and it is fully within his rights to enforce the European anti-trust standard worldwide, for those unfortunate souls living out side of Europe. But he was nice enough to just limit to Microsoft's European revenue, completely out of his kindness, 🙂
Has anyone reminded him his title as the European anti-trust commissioner? 🙂
Talk about people with ego so big that they forget who they are.
Millwood,
I haven't really followed the case as closely as you seem to
have done, so I have no opinion on it. Anyway, media here
in Sweden has on commented that although this would be
a very big fine, it is more like a parking ticket for MS. 🙂
I was a bit surprised though to hear about this case. I had
missed that it was ongoing. On the other hand there is, or
at least was another case, where SUN has filed complaints
to the EU commission about MS trying to get monopoly on
the server side. I don't know what has happened about that
case.
Of course, the biggest problem is that so many software and
hardware companys make Windows-only products. I sometimes
wonder if MS pays money to some companies for making
their products Windows-only? What interest does Canon have
in refusing to reveal the information necessary to write
drivers for Linux for their scanners? They would get a bigger
market if they did, and they wouldn't even have to spend the
effort to write new drivers if they don't want to; others would
do it for free. (Unless you have guessed it already, I happen
to have a Canon scanner 🙁 ).
I haven't really followed the case as closely as you seem to
have done, so I have no opinion on it. Anyway, media here
in Sweden has on commented that although this would be
a very big fine, it is more like a parking ticket for MS. 🙂
I was a bit surprised though to hear about this case. I had
missed that it was ongoing. On the other hand there is, or
at least was another case, where SUN has filed complaints
to the EU commission about MS trying to get monopoly on
the server side. I don't know what has happened about that
case.
Of course, the biggest problem is that so many software and
hardware companys make Windows-only products. I sometimes
wonder if MS pays money to some companies for making
their products Windows-only? What interest does Canon have
in refusing to reveal the information necessary to write
drivers for Linux for their scanners? They would get a bigger
market if they did, and they wouldn't even have to spend the
effort to write new drivers if they don't want to; others would
do it for free. (Unless you have guessed it already, I happen
to have a Canon scanner 🙁 ).
slackerbob said:
Do you really need to uninstall it? I'm using Windows XP, and I've got winamp, quicktime, and realplayer installed. WMP is still there, I guess, but I never use it or see it.
Christer said:
That would probably be illegal in the US (maintenance of monopoly). Monopoly itself isn't illegal, surprisingly.
the fine levied on Microsoft i think is the largest corporate fine in european history (there are more and bigger crooks in the US, I guess).
Pamalot has a shot at topping it but collecting it would be tough, 🙂
millwood said:
Really? I thought the anti-trust law was there to stop companies
from getting a monopoly? Of course it is up to a court to decide
if the law applies in a certain case or not.
It most certainly is. We don't have such rich companies here. 😉
all right, so there's no way to get rid of it. I'll just hide all the shortcuts to it then. The original idea was to clean up my hard drive of programs i don't use, to free up some space.
This will uninstall Windows Media Player 9 from your ME machine and perform a rollback to the previous version of Media Player which is much smaller:
Close all open programs
Make a system restore point.
In the Run dialog box type:
Rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection c:\windows\inf\wmp.inf,Uninstall
(Copy and paste the above line)
Click yes at the usual warnings.
Restart your computer.
If all is well WMP9 is gone.
If not go to system restore.
Close all open programs
Make a system restore point.
In the Run dialog box type:
Rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection c:\windows\inf\wmp.inf,Uninstall
(Copy and paste the above line)
Click yes at the usual warnings.
Restart your computer.
If all is well WMP9 is gone.
If not go to system restore.
Slimming aid.....
Have a look at LitePC Technologies
I used a demo version some time ago to "bone down" W98 for VM use.
No guarantees, but it just might do the job.
Have a look at LitePC Technologies
I used a demo version some time ago to "bone down" W98 for VM use.
No guarantees, but it just might do the job.
Re: Slimming aid.....
The nicest part is that it can remove many more things than the standard windows uninstall can and that it keeps track of what exactly is removed, the opposite of the normal uninstaller files who log what is installed.
Basically, I guess it’s a GUI full of little scripts like the one I posted earlier together with a log system to keep track of everything.
Unfortunately, the WMP9 can not be removed with the demo version.
Hmm... nice program, it's new to me.dhaen said:
The nicest part is that it can remove many more things than the standard windows uninstall can and that it keeps track of what exactly is removed, the opposite of the normal uninstaller files who log what is installed.
Basically, I guess it’s a GUI full of little scripts like the one I posted earlier together with a log system to keep track of everything.
Unfortunately, the WMP9 can not be removed with the demo version.
woo hoo it's gone! well, there's that bare bones version, but nothing like the bloated thing that it was before.
Many thanks netlist
Many thanks netlist
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