IE7 Beta 2 and WMP10 Incompatibilty

After the installation of IE7 Beta 2 on my Win XP Pro x64 SP1 machine, WMP10
which was preloaded with the OS is unable to access the internet (even after
i keep clicking on "Connect the Player"). I uninstalled IE7 and surprizingly
that fixed the problem. WMP 10 was able to access the net normally. Upon
re-installation of IE7, WMP 10 is now again unable to access the net.

Any solutions, workarounds or patches? Please Help.

Bruce
Sat May 13 10:12:10 CDT 2006

Nikhil wrote:
> After the installation of IE7 Beta 2 on my Win XP Pro x64 SP1 machine, WMP10
> which was preloaded with the OS is unable to access the internet (even after
> i keep clicking on "Connect the Player"). I uninstalled IE7 and surprizingly
> that fixed the problem. WMP 10 was able to access the net normally. Upon
> re-installation of IE7, WMP 10 is now again unable to access the net.
>
> Any solutions, workarounds or patches? Please Help.


We'll just have to wait for them to fix IE7, I suppose.

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BenQ
Sat May 13 13:29:38 CDT 2006


"Nikhil" <Nikhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After the installation of IE7 Beta 2 on my Win XP Pro x64 SP1 machine,
> WMP10
> which was preloaded with the OS is unable to access the internet (even
> after
> i keep clicking on "Connect the Player"). I uninstalled IE7 and
> surprizingly
> that fixed the problem. WMP 10 was able to access the net normally. Upon
> re-installation of IE7, WMP 10 is now again unable to access the net.
>
> Any solutions, workarounds or patches? Please Help.

As far as I know, no good solutions to IE7 beta. I, too, had to uninstall
IE7 because, every Microsoft beta is crap that robs you of valuable time.
Mr. Gates would like his software debugged for free by chipheads like us.
Firefox looks pretty good now, and probably better when it goes 64 bit.

Andre
Sat May 13 13:41:32 CDT 2006

Well, a beta is an opportunity for you to make an impact on a products
development. Removing the beta, calling it crap, not submitting reports,
taking your anger out on Bill Gates is not gonna make it any better.
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"BenQ" <benq@spacestation.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Nikhil" <Nikhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C3268B3-42A7-410A-81F9-91DA6AFF92AE@microsoft.com...
>> After the installation of IE7 Beta 2 on my Win XP Pro x64 SP1 machine,
>> WMP10
>> which was preloaded with the OS is unable to access the internet (even
>> after
>> i keep clicking on "Connect the Player"). I uninstalled IE7 and
>> surprizingly
>> that fixed the problem. WMP 10 was able to access the net normally. Upon
>> re-installation of IE7, WMP 10 is now again unable to access the net.
>>
>> Any solutions, workarounds or patches? Please Help.
>
> As far as I know, no good solutions to IE7 beta. I, too, had to uninstall
> IE7 because, every Microsoft beta is crap that robs you of valuable time.
> Mr. Gates would like his software debugged for free by chipheads like us.
> Firefox looks pretty good now, and probably better when it goes 64 bit.
>

Dennis
Sat May 13 13:42:33 CDT 2006

Nikhil:

I'm running x64 with IE7B2 and I haven't had any problems
accessing the web, music or videos. A possible cause is your security
settings in IE, my settings are custom but not high.





"Nikhil" <Nikhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C3268B3-42A7-410A-81F9-91DA6AFF92AE@microsoft.com...
> After the installation of IE7 Beta 2 on my Win XP Pro x64 SP1 machine,
> WMP10
> which was preloaded with the OS is unable to access the internet (even
> after
> i keep clicking on "Connect the Player"). I uninstalled IE7 and
> surprizingly
> that fixed the problem. WMP 10 was able to access the net normally. Upon
> re-installation of IE7, WMP 10 is now again unable to access the net.
>
> Any solutions, workarounds or patches? Please Help.

Dennis
Sat May 13 13:53:57 CDT 2006

BenQ:

A beta of any product isn't a finished product. If you expect
everything to work flawlessly out of the box, you should wait for the
finished product so that you could complain about your expectations and
realities then. Using a beta is optional and helps in molding the final
product. You don't have to use a beta just because it's there unless you
enjoy finding things to complain about instead of properly reporting bugs
when they're found.





"BenQ" <benq@spacestation.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Nikhil" <Nikhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C3268B3-42A7-410A-81F9-91DA6AFF92AE@microsoft.com...
>> After the installation of IE7 Beta 2 on my Win XP Pro x64 SP1 machine,
>> WMP10
>> which was preloaded with the OS is unable to access the internet (even
>> after
>> i keep clicking on "Connect the Player"). I uninstalled IE7 and
>> surprizingly
>> that fixed the problem. WMP 10 was able to access the net normally. Upon
>> re-installation of IE7, WMP 10 is now again unable to access the net.
>>
>> Any solutions, workarounds or patches? Please Help.
>
> As far as I know, no good solutions to IE7 beta. I, too, had to uninstall
> IE7 because, every Microsoft beta is crap that robs you of valuable time.
> Mr. Gates would like his software debugged for free by chipheads like us.
> Firefox looks pretty good now, and probably better when it goes 64 bit.
>

Dennis
Sat May 13 14:04:12 CDT 2006

Andre:
I like your reply, it's more direct than mine.


"Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well, a beta is an opportunity for you to make an impact on a products
> development. Removing the beta, calling it crap, not submitting reports,
> taking your anger out on Bill Gates is not gonna make it any better.
> --
> Andre
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> "BenQ" <benq@spacestation.net> wrote in message
> news:%23kpLxsrdGHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Nikhil" <Nikhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6C3268B3-42A7-410A-81F9-91DA6AFF92AE@microsoft.com...
>>> After the installation of IE7 Beta 2 on my Win XP Pro x64 SP1 machine,
>>> WMP10
>>> which was preloaded with the OS is unable to access the internet (even
>>> after
>>> i keep clicking on "Connect the Player"). I uninstalled IE7 and
>>> surprizingly
>>> that fixed the problem. WMP 10 was able to access the net normally. Upon
>>> re-installation of IE7, WMP 10 is now again unable to access the net.
>>>
>>> Any solutions, workarounds or patches? Please Help.
>>
>> As far as I know, no good solutions to IE7 beta. I, too, had to uninstall
>> IE7 because, every Microsoft beta is crap that robs you of valuable time.
>> Mr. Gates would like his software debugged for free by chipheads like us.
>> Firefox looks pretty good now, and probably better when it goes 64 bit.
>>
>

Andre
Sat May 13 17:54:50 CDT 2006

Thank you. :)
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"Dennis Pack x64, IE7B2" <dennispack@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Andre:
> I like your reply, it's more direct than mine.
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:22C313C8-21E3-4E41-B392-57C6D5CE90D3@microsoft.com...
>> Well, a beta is an opportunity for you to make an impact on a products
>> development. Removing the beta, calling it crap, not submitting reports,
>> taking your anger out on Bill Gates is not gonna make it any better.
>> --
>> Andre
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>> "BenQ" <benq@spacestation.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23kpLxsrdGHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Nikhil" <Nikhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:6C3268B3-42A7-410A-81F9-91DA6AFF92AE@microsoft.com...
>>>> After the installation of IE7 Beta 2 on my Win XP Pro x64 SP1 machine,
>>>> WMP10
>>>> which was preloaded with the OS is unable to access the internet (even
>>>> after
>>>> i keep clicking on "Connect the Player"). I uninstalled IE7 and
>>>> surprizingly
>>>> that fixed the problem. WMP 10 was able to access the net normally.
>>>> Upon
>>>> re-installation of IE7, WMP 10 is now again unable to access the net.
>>>>
>>>> Any solutions, workarounds or patches? Please Help.
>>>
>>> As far as I know, no good solutions to IE7 beta. I, too, had to
>>> uninstall IE7 because, every Microsoft beta is crap that robs you of
>>> valuable time. Mr. Gates would like his software debugged for free by
>>> chipheads like us. Firefox looks pretty good now, and probably better
>>> when it goes 64 bit.
>>>
>>
>
>

BenQ
Sat May 13 21:37:19 CDT 2006


"Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:22C313C8-21E3-4E41-B392-57C6D5CE90D3@microsoft.com...
> Well, a beta is an opportunity for you to make an impact on a products
> development. Removing the beta, calling it crap, not submitting reports,
> taking your anger out on Bill Gates is not gonna make it any better.

As I said before, I am very happy with Firefox. For one, it's safe. If you
wish to make an impact on Microsoft products, be my guest :) As far as I am
concerned, I trust you, and others like you, will do a good job on your own
time debugging software for Microsoft :)

BenQ
Sat May 13 21:41:55 CDT 2006


"Dennis Pack x64, IE7B2" <dennispack@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> BenQ:
>
> A beta of any product isn't a finished product. If you expect
> everything to work flawlessly out of the box, you should wait for the
> finished product so that you could complain about your expectations and
> realities then. Using a beta is optional and helps in molding the final
> product. You don't have to use a beta just because it's there unless you
> enjoy finding things to complain about

Yea buddy! I love complaining! I hated to see OS/2 croak. It was a true real
time OS, unlike Windows. I can't remember IBM ever giving us betas, now that
is class.

Andre
Sun May 14 21:10:09 CDT 2006

The reason why IBM never had betas for OS\2 was simply because they were the
only ones using it while every other OEM chose Windows. Now doesn't tell you
something? ;)
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"BenQ" <benq@spacestation.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Dennis Pack x64, IE7B2" <dennispack@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23rj7d6rdGHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> BenQ:
>>
>> A beta of any product isn't a finished product. If you expect
>> everything to work flawlessly out of the box, you should wait for the
>> finished product so that you could complain about your expectations and
>> realities then. Using a beta is optional and helps in molding the final
>> product. You don't have to use a beta just because it's there unless you
>> enjoy finding things to complain about
>
> Yea buddy! I love complaining! I hated to see OS/2 croak. It was a true
> real time OS, unlike Windows. I can't remember IBM ever giving us betas,
> now that is class.
>

hel
Mon May 15 05:10:46 CDT 2006

ADC [Sun, 14 May 2006 19:10:09 -0700]:
>The reason why IBM never had betas for OS\2 was simply because they were the
>only ones using it while every other OEM chose Windows. Now doesn't tell you
>something? ;)

Sure, there were betas. The OS/2 v2.0 beta cost you
a cool $2500 (from MS), and a bit more from IBM. These
betas came by the boxload, though, and very often. This
was around 1991/1992. I'd say most OEMs were using DOS.
This was back when machines only really had 1 MB of RAM,
and OS/2 needed quite a bit more. NT needed twice what
OS/2 needed. Win3.0 could do with a lot less. RAM cost
a pretty penny back then. If you were in IBM's developer
program, lots of betas in that, and the employee-written
software was more or less beta material, only without a
$ gain at the end, often withered on the vine. OS/2 was
much better than win3 and win95 (both those Windows were
DOS-based, you know, and that was a pretty bad base to be
on). NT became better than OS/2. Some say Linux (pick
a distribution) will do the same to MS's Windows. It
might.

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Andre
Tue May 16 20:25:45 CDT 2006

"OS/2 wasmuch better than win3 and win95 (both those Windows were DOS-based,
you know, and that was a pretty bad base to be on). "

From what I have seen, I would say Windows 95 had a lot more going for it
than OS\2 could ever dream. What won corporate users over to NT was really
the consistency across the product line, it shared the same interface as
Windows 3x on top of the NT kernel, used the same Office apps, developer
tools (Win32) and bundled pretty much all of what Novell and Bayan Vines was
charging for. NT 4 and 95 was pretty much the nail in the coffin for OS\2.
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<hel@40th.com> wrote in message
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> ADC [Sun, 14 May 2006 19:10:09 -0700]:
> >The reason why IBM never had betas for OS\2 was simply because they were
> >the
> >only ones using it while every other OEM chose Windows. Now doesn't tell
> >you
> >something? ;)
>
> Sure, there were betas. The OS/2 v2.0 beta cost you
> a cool $2500 (from MS), and a bit more from IBM. These
> betas came by the boxload, though, and very often. This
> was around 1991/1992. I'd say most OEMs were using DOS.
> This was back when machines only really had 1 MB of RAM,
> and OS/2 needed quite a bit more. NT needed twice what
> OS/2 needed. Win3.0 could do with a lot less. RAM cost
> a pretty penny back then. If you were in IBM's developer
> program, lots of betas in that, and the employee-written
> software was more or less beta material, only without a
> $ gain at the end, often withered on the vine. OS/2 was
> much better than win3 and win95 (both those Windows were
> DOS-based, you know, and that was a pretty bad base to be
> on). NT became better than OS/2. Some say Linux (pick
> a distribution) will do the same to MS's Windows. It
> might.
>
> --
> 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/
> iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles
> parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

hel
Wed May 17 06:18:29 CDT 2006

ADC [Tue, 16 May 2006 18:25:45 -0700]:
>From what I have seen, I would say Windows 95 had a lot more going for it
>than OS\2 could ever dream

Win9x was nothing more than MS-DOS with a
tacked on GUI and memory manager, and a
file system designed for floppy disks.
That is exactly what it was. That is not,
in case you don't know, a good thing. What
has any of this to do with anything though?

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Raj
Wed May 17 22:29:11 CDT 2006


<hel@40th.com> wrote in message
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> ADC [Tue, 16 May 2006 18:25:45 -0700]:
> >From what I have seen, I would say Windows 95 had a lot more going for it
> >than OS\2 could ever dream
>
> Win9x was nothing more than MS-DOS with a
> tacked on GUI and memory manager, and a
> file system designed for floppy disks.
> That is exactly what it was. That is not,
> in case you don't know, a good thing. What
> has any of this to do with anything though?

I think the above post is fabricated at best and has nothing whatsoever to
do with anything except perhaps the fact that the person who posted it is
addicted to crazy glue vapors. Don't worry about it. The Internet is full of
these perverts..