windows media player10 error

pleeeeassss help!

specs: windows xp prof.
15 Gigabytes free space
intel pentium 4, 2.6 HT
256 MB RAm

here's the prob:

last night , my pc color settings crashed down to 4bit when i opened my pc.
i fixed it tho, unistalling my NDIVIA then reinstalling again.

but when i tried to open my music and/or video files, error message appeared:

"Windows Media Player is not installed properly and must be reinstalled.
Do you want to install the Player from the Microsoft Web Site?"

i clicked yes.

then downloaded the wmp 10, which i already have for months now. (and using
it everyday). after, i clicked the MP10Setup.exe, it extracted but this error
message appeared:

" An unexpected error has occured. Setup was not able to detect any Windows
Media updates. Please try again."

i clicked ok. nothing happened.

i went to windowsupdate to check if my pc was updated. it says:

"Your computer appears to be up-to-date; no critical or security updates are
available at this time."

.....whats wrong with my pc? pls help!!!!! i need my windows media player
back!!!!

Try using Belarc Advisor www.belarc.com
It'll tell you what/if patches are hosed, so that you can download them from
the Windows Update Catalog for offline install - work from oldest to newest
(generally, lowest number to highest number).
report back with your results.

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Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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"Velvet" <> wrote in message
news:6B93685A-3A65-4036-8402-...
> pleeeeassss help!
>
> specs: windows xp prof.
> 15 Gigabytes free space
> intel pentium 4, 2.6 HT
> 256 MB RAm
>
> here's the prob:
>
> last night , my pc color settings crashed down to 4bit when i opened my
> pc.
> i fixed it tho, unistalling my NDIVIA then reinstalling again.
>
> but when i tried to open my music and/or video files, error message
> appeared:
>
> "Windows Media Player is not installed properly and must be reinstalled.
> Do you want to install the Player from the Microsoft Web Site?"
>
> i clicked yes.
>
> then downloaded the wmp 10, which i already have for months now. (and
> using
> it everyday). after, i clicked the MP10Setup.exe, it extracted but this
> error
> message appeared:
>
> " An unexpected error has occured. Setup was not able to detect any
> Windows
> Media updates. Please try again."
>
> i clicked ok. nothing happened.
>
> i went to windowsupdate to check if my pc was updated. it says:
>
> "Your computer appears to be up-to-date; no critical or security updates
> are
> available at this time."
>
> ....whats wrong with my pc? pls help!!!!! i need my windows media player
> back!!!!
>
>
>
>
>