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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Windows Operating Systems And Windows Media Players (WMPs)
TherehavebeenmanyversionsofWindowsOperatingSystemsandtheirassociatedMediaPlayersovertheyears.Inmostcasesthedefault
MediaPlayersthatshippedwiththeOperatingsystemshavebeenupgraded.Hereareourrecommendations:
THIS PLAYER WILL ONLY OPERATE WITH WINDOWS XP SP1 AND ABOVE, WINDOWS VISTA, AND THE UPCOMING WINDOWS 7.
Windows Vista: ThedefaultplayerisWMP11-therearenoissues.
Windows XP: WinXPoriginallyshippedwithWMP9.ManyusersupgradedtoWMP10.
NotallusershaveinstalledWMP11whichisthelatestversion.
This player is optimised to interface with WMP11.
WindowsXPwillsupportMP11ifServicePack2(SP2)isinstalled.Tondoutifyourver-
sionisSP2:ClickSTART.RightclickintheStartMenuandthenclickonthe‘Properties’tab
whichopens.Refertotheimageattheright.
If you do not have SP2/3 use WMP 10 (or preferably install SP2 or 3 and WMP 11) .
INFORMATION FOR WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 USERS
WMP11hasseveralenhancementsoverWMP10especiallywhensynchronisingmusicles(andinparticularDDMContent-ProtectedFiles).
WestronglyadviseyoutodownloadandinstallWMP11.Copyandpastethislinkintoyourbrowserhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
details.aspx?FamilyID=1d224714-e238-4e45-8668-5166114010ca&DisplayLang=en FollowtheinstructionstodownloadandinstallWMP11.
THIS PLAYER IS NOT USABLE WITH WMP 9