Windows Media Player 11 url files

Please help me,
I have just bought a new laptop which is my second with vista.
When using windows media player 11 to play url video, music or radio files
it will not start automatically, i have to paste the link into file-open url
for the files to play.
I do not have this problem with my other laptop and all the settings are the
same ><
Can anyone help me with this?
Many thanks

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will vista ever work correctly?

extra info

I am fully updated and have installed divx and x codecs... no change please
help ><
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will vista ever work correctly?


"pasha" wrote:

> Please help me,
> I have just bought a new laptop which is my second with vista.
> When using windows media player 11 to play url video, music or radio files
> it will not start automatically, i have to paste the link into file-open url
> for the files to play.
> I do not have this problem with my other laptop and all the settings are the
> same ><
> Can anyone help me with this?
> Many thanks
>
> --
> will vista ever work correctly?

Could you clarify how it doesn't start automatically? What exactly happens
when you try to play a link?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"pasha" <> wrote in message
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> Please help me,
> I have just bought a new laptop which is my second with vista.
> When using windows media player 11 to play url video, music or radio files
> it will not start automatically, i have to paste the link into file-open
> url
> for the files to play.
> I do not have this problem with my other laptop and all the settings are
> the
> same ><
> Can anyone help me with this?
> Many thanks
>
> --
> will vista ever work correctly?