At the moment my computer seems to be my life partner not by choice!

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crazzzymolly hervey bay, Queensland Australia
And its not being very considerate towards me I tickle its keys everyday just to keep it happy. AND IT WONT PLAY ME ANY MUSIC, on windows media player it keeps demanding a licence, do you think its proposing to me, and wants to get married. Are there any computer Geeks out there that can help me work out what it wants cos I cant work it out. ...this could lead to a sever breakdown of the relationship...molly...
Ralf74 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria Australia
crazzzymolly: And its not being very considerate towards me I tickle its keys everyday just to keep it happy. AND IT WONT PLAY ME ANY MUSIC, on windows media player it keeps demanding a licence, do you think its proposing to me, and wants to get married. Are there any computer Geeks out there that can help me work out what it wants cos I cant work it out. ...this could lead to a sever breakdown of the relationship...molly...


rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing you're a pisser Molly! I don't know jack about computers so I hope your knight in shining armour will come along and help you out. typing
Twodawgz melbourne, Victoria Australia
crazzzymolly: And its not being very considerate towards me I tickle its keys everyday just to keep it happy. AND IT WONT PLAY ME ANY MUSIC, on windows media player it keeps demanding a licence, do you think its proposing to me, and wants to get married. Are there any computer Geeks out there that can help me work out what it wants cos I cant work it out. ...this could lead to a sever breakdown of the relationship...molly...


Maybe update Molly to something that will give you more Ram..laugh
sxc666 Central Coast, New South Wales Australia
Twodawgz: Maybe update Molly to something that will give you more Ram..
Actually come to think of it, I think I need a bit of an update myself day dream
Twodawgz melbourne, Victoria Australia
sxc666: Actually come to think of it, I think I need a bit of an update myself


Luv to give you an update T ..it also cums with a freee 50 minute Megabite..dancing banana
sxc666 Central Coast, New South Wales Australia
Twodawgz: Luv to give you an update T ..it also cums with a freee 50 minute Megabite..
oh yes I agree, I'll leave that in your hands................oh and while you are there, you wouldn't have a hard drive would you? devil
Ralf74 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria Australia
sxc666: oh yes I agree, I'll leave that in your hands................oh and while you are there, you wouldn't have a hard drive would you?


he he, floppy's are sooo 90's!! laugh
sxc666 Central Coast, New South Wales Australia
Ralf74: he he, floppy's are sooo 90's!!
ohhh Ralf I have a good one, but I cant say grin rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Ralf74 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria Australia
sxc666: ohhh Ralf I have a good one, but I cant say


please do!! grin



crazzzymolly hervey bay, Queensland Australia
sxc666: ohhh Ralf I have a good one, but I cant say

Thank you girls,

rolling on the floor laughing What you mean you cant say

Anyway I am serious now, anyone know about why media players asking for a licence now and wont play my music



aberfoyle Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Australia
crazzzymolly: And its not being very considerate towards me I tickle its keys everyday just to keep it happy. AND IT WONT PLAY ME ANY MUSIC, on windows media player it keeps demanding a licence, do you think its proposing to me, and wants to get married. Are there any computer Geeks out there that can help me work out what it wants cos I cant work it out. ...this could lead to a sever breakdown of the relationship...molly...



rolling on the floor laughing Dear Molly, send it to the dog house...and go find another laugh
JASON656 MACKAY, Queensland Australia
aberfoyle: Dear Molly, send it to the dog house...and go find another
Welcome back Abehug lips You were sorely missed,We were all very worried about you.cheering cheering



aberfoyle Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Australia
JASON656: Welcome back Abe You were sorely missed,We were all very worried about you.



Thanks Jason hug
Pockets66 Kelmscott, Western Australia Australia
crazzzymolly: Thank you girls,

What you mean you cant say

Anyway I am serious now, anyone know about why media players asking for a licence now and wont play my music


Hiya,
When it's telling you you need a licence is that to play MP3, WMA or CD
Have you changed anything recently? Any new bits or a reinstall of windows?
What often happens is if you are ripping CDs with windows media player by default it will security encode them so they can't be played on a different computer.
If they are bought and downloaded they will come encoded with a licence. If that licence is damaged or deleted the music won't play. Not sure how you would go about renewing licences if this is the case.
There may be a problem with Media Player (not unheard of) which will stop them from playing.
You could try downloading a different player. There are a lot of good freeware media players available. Try going to www.tucows.com look in the audio/visual then audio then players. You should get a big list of programs. Ideally look for licences that are freeware or GPL this means they are fully operational at no cost. Some others have limitations in free version.
My preferences are Winamp, Musicmatch Jukebox, Mediamonkey. These all can be pay types but free versions will do most of what you want.



crazzzymolly hervey bay, Queensland Australia
Pockets66: Hiya,
When it's telling you you need a licence is that to play MP3, WMA or CD
Have you changed anything recently? Any new bits or a reinstall of windows?
What often happens is if you are ripping CDs with windows media player by default it will security encode them so they can't be played on a different computer.
If they are bought and downloaded they will come encoded with a licence. If that licence is damaged or deleted the music won't play. Not sure how you would go about renewing licences if this is the case.
There may be a problem with Media Player (not unheard of) which will stop them from playing.
You could try downloading a different player. There are a lot of good freeware media players available. Try going to www.tucows.com look in the audio/visual then audio then players. You should get a big list of programs. Ideally look for licences that are freeware or GPL this means they are fully operational at no cost. Some others have limitations in free version.
My preferences are Winamp, Musicmatch Jukebox, Mediamonkey. These all can be pay types but free versions will do most of what you want.


Tanks pocket, I lost my last computer from lightning got a brand new one and they transferred everything from old one to new on so I didn't lose all my photos and music, the problem started it kept saying I was ripping of the music but it was what I had bought and downloaded to computer. I will try downloading winamp and see what happens, if it works I will pay for all your drinks at kizzys bar for life, and nibbles along with them yay cheers



crazzzymolly hervey bay, Queensland Australia
and many expensive cocktail for you other guys for making laughrolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
snoopyau Brisbane, Queensland Australia

Charliebrownau's Music Playback Tips


Use Media Player Classic or Winamp (without toolbar & extra junk)
to playback Music on Windows .

With MPC (Media Player Classic you can use the play list
by choosing ALT and 7

I recommend NOT to use Windows Media Player (WMP 6/7/9/10/11)

Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Media_Player_Classic.htm

Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/ or
http://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/client/winamp5541_lite_en-us.exe


Most Music online is MP3 format , MP3
should play fine in Windows by default .

Some is .OGG , If you need to playback this format
then download the OGG Codec
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vorbis_Ogg_ACM.htm

(Codec is software that lets your operating
system know about the video/audio files)

Some DRM (Digital Restricted Management ) protected files
are limited if bought online , so its better to support
MP3 and OGG over WMA/Itunes/Apple/DRM supported files.


Give MPC a try and see how you go


snoopyau Brisbane, Queensland Australia
If you want to convert Audio CDS to MP3/OGG then use
CDex instead of Microsoft WMP.

CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/?q=features
snoopyau Brisbane, Queensland Australia
May I suggest that people NEVER STORE IMPORTANT
DATA , MUSIC , DOCUMENTS on the same hard drive partition
as Windows is installed onto.

Find a decent tech that knows how to re setup partitions
assign Windows to the first partition (eg C:\ Drive)
to 4 to 10 gig

Then another partition for your important Data/Music/Downloads/etc

This way if anything goes wrong with Windows , techs
will WIPE the Windows Partition and you lose NO data
Since its on a different section of the Hard Drive

Its also a good idea to BACKUP to DISCS (CD/DVD/etc)
or another HDD .


If I had 1 cent for everytime I heard a tech reinstalled
Windows and lose the customers/persons data I would
have several million now
snoopyau Brisbane, Queensland Australia
Here is a pic of me installing Winamp Lite
and opening a mp3 file with MPC

Hope this helps people , understand what I wrote above.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8194/winampdeslectextracrapwxl1.jpg




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