older versions of programms

i see many times on the forums that members say aaah but the old version was much better.

here's a site i found with links to where you can get older program versions that they say were better.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137703/article.html

 

It seems once windows upgrades something you can't go back. At least I couldn't with windows media player. I uninstalled it, went into programs (C) deleted from there but when I tried to reinstall the older one it automatically forced me to take the upgrade. Still can't work the damn thing :cry then again it's probably just me.

 

sorry Darlene i don't know enough to help you but no doubt one of the specialists will pick up on it.

 

Fairly sure they do that deliberately with Windows media player

keep hiding the buttons just to make it difficult :confused

 

Thats alright, I just have to work with it more and get used to it. Took me a while on the first one too. Old dogs / new tricks syndrome

 

Do you use something different?

 

Check out www.oldversion.com for lots of olde versions for popular programs.

Thumbnail of WMP, as an example. Bazza

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I've a number of times to go back to 10 but it won't let me forces me to download 11

 

Sorry about that, darlene1029. :cry
Does that still happen with the listing at oldversion.com site?
Are you using Vista, or XP?
Vista comes with WMP11 I understand.
In XP I would have thought you could go back to WMP10, as I think XP was released with WMP9 or 10.

Hope you sort this out. Bazza

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I have XP, at first they offered the upgrage as a test, I went back then later on it was not optional. Oh well I'll get used to it. Thanks Bazza

 

I just went to www.oldversion.com and downloaded WMP 10 without hassles. :cool

Now all you have to do is uninstall WMP11 from your PC, and install WMP10.

I am not sure if MS/XP will allow the un-instal of WMP11. :confused

@WMP11 experts@
Can this be un-installed from XP? I assume it can be.

Bazza

 

Can be done through add/remove programs

but, the only option it gives you is to 'rollback to the previous version'
which (in my case) is WMP 9 - the one that shipped with XP.

There is no entry in add/remove programs for WMP 9

However there is in 'Add/Remove Windows Components'
The description reads
"Adds or removes access to Windows Media Player from the Start menu and Desktop"

So, all it does is removes a couple of shortcuts


Have not been prompted/forced to upgrade to WMP11 at this stage

but wait, what is this pop-up ?

Windows Media Configuration Manager
"A windows Media update is currently available. Would you like to update now?"

I clicked on yes, and it kicked me off line :tas

has not prompted me to update again yet - more later

 

Hiya, Darlene. Here is a document on the MS site that tells how to go back to a previous version. I've not tried it, though.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/readme.aspx

 

Thank you, tried to read it and right now it sounds confusing, will have more coffee and take another look Thank you

 

Go you normally use 11?

 

Nup. I use an olde version of Music Match Jukebox. :cool
Just clicked on my WMP magicword shortcut and the answer came back

I have WMP 9 on my laptop and apparently it is no longer working.
I wonder if MS will allow me to reinstall v9, or force me to use v10 or v11?
I won't be finding out in the short term.

Bazza

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See what happens when I forget spellcheck.

 

Spellcheck wouldn't have found the typo normally, anyhow, unless it incorporates a grammar check. Bazza

 

For what it's worth, when I bought my first WXP machine in November of 2001 it featured WMP 7, so I'd say that was the original version...

 

Go back to my post #7, www.oldversion.com has WMP v5.1 at 0.2 megs, through to WMP11 at 23 megabytes.

WMP 11 = 115 times bigger than v5.1 :cry Bazza

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