No Media player

silky66 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-10-2006, 09:08 AM

Windows media player has disapeared from my computer and I can't get any overlaying windows all I get are blank pages even system restore comes up blank any suggestions? cheers

jephree · #2 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 02:09 AM

Try a System Restore to a point prior to the problem:

start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore

Dutchie · #3 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 05:03 AM

Hi,
to jephree:
jephree,jephree, his System Restore is blank!!!!

To silky66:
Wow,you've got trouble.Maybe you'd better tell us what is working.It almost sounds like a virus infection.

Do you still have a Start Menu,Desktop with icons etc and a Taskbar?How many accounts on this machine?
Are other apps working at all?
Some specs of your machine ?

jephree · #4 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 05:10 AM

:homer:

silky66 · #5 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutchie

Hi,
to jephree:
jephree,jephree, his System Restore is blank!!!!

To silky66:
Wow,you've got trouble.Maybe you'd better tell us what is working.It almost sounds like a virus infection.

Do you still have a Start Menu,Desktop with icons etc and a Taskbar?How many accounts on this machine?
Are other apps working at all?
Some specs of your machine ?

Goodaye,
everything is working no problem, all user accounts are fine (5), when I try system restore all I get is a blank screen when that window comes up. I've run scans and there's no virus and there hasn't been any hacking attempts and that, mind you a computer expert I'm not, I'm going by the antivirus I have installed. This problem came out of nowhere on Friday night. Someone tells me the problem is HTMLcode is off but we don't know how to get it back on. cheers.

Dutchie · #6 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 08:11 AM

Hi,
silky66 wrote:

Quote:

everything is working no problem, all user accounts are fine

OK,don't worry about the rest then

Just kidding

For System Restore try this http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_...tore_blank.htm

Also lots of info here:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html

As for the other blankk windows, is that with Windows Explorer or
Internet Explorer (or other browser) ?
try here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192315
This is actually for Win 98 but may work,if not try
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=8321

For Internet Explorer
http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/problems/software/ie6blank.html

Hope some of it is useful

silky66 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-10-2006, 10:29 AM

Thanks for the tips, I found what I needed in microsoft KB, just in case someone else has the same problem, try this http:/support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831430"

Dutchie · #8 (**permalink**) 06-10-2006, 03:28 PM

Hi silky66
You wrote:

Quote:

Thanks for the tips, I found what I needed in microsoft KB, just in case someone else has the same problem, try this http:/support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831430

Great job.Thanks very much for the link and also for taking the time to post it.
This is only the second time in a long time I came across this
and I forgot about the first time

Anyway,glad it worked for you.