Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 (edited) Hello everyone! I got bored earlier so I started to mess around with WMP11. I was wondering if I could get it to run on Windows Server 2003. It wasn't real easy but I have got it to work. The only programs I used were Wise Installation System and VmWare running Xp plus some custom batch files I made to copy and register what Wise missed. If I come up with an easier way to do this I will post it. Right now it is to complex for me to remember everything I?ve done tonight. *LINKS* MEGAUPLOAD RapidShare Edited June 30, 2006 by Mr. Dick C. Normous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraftman Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Good job man :) I think that you should release a custom installer. That would be sweet. NSIS for WMP11 on Win2k3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 Good job man :) I think that you should release a custom installer. That would be sweet. NSIS for WMP11 on Win2k3. Thanks :D I am still working on it but right now the customer installer is almost double the size of the original, it was messy, and didn't work right. The only thing it did was put most of the files and registry entries where they needed to be. Neither WMP10 or WMP11 would run right after using the installer. I used the update.inf files to figure out what went where and what needed to be registered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lay_forat Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 great job keep up your good work :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 I've made a little bit of progress. System Restore was the problem causing my installer to be as bloated as it was. It started off at 89 megs :woot: I've got it down to 24 megs now but something is still missing. I will be going to bed soon, it's three in the morning here but I will continue working on this until I hopefully have a clean and fully working installer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG55 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Is that third screenshot the fullscreen mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scirwode Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 That looks really nice. Does it run well? PSG22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 Is that third screenshot the fullscreen mode? Yes it is. I cannot get WMP11 to hide the controls in fullscreen mode for some reason but I haven't tried much to fix it. One nice touch is that DVD's automatically run in fullscreen. That looks really nice. Does it run well? PSG22 It runs really well for a beta. It uses between eleven and fifteen megs of memory (playing wma files) when visable and eight megs in mini mode. It is a little slower opening media but its not bad. The new search feature is nice, it searches as you type. One odd thing I found is if I use high quality mode most (of my) divx files do not play correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechief55 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 well there's really an easier way that is the original update.ini when u extract the update : [Version] Signature="$Windows NT$" LanguageType=0 InstallPlatform=0 CatalogFile=%SP_SHORT_TITLE%.cat NoRestorePoint = 1 MaxNtMinorVersionToUpdate=1 MaxNtMajorVersionToUpdate=5 NtBuildToUpdate=2600 NtMinorVersionToUpdate=1 NtMajorVersionToUpdate=5 MaxNtBuildToUpdate=2600 MinNtServicePackVersion=512 MaxNtServicePackVersion=2304 and that is now it should be when you install it on win2003 [Version] Signature="$Windows NT$" LanguageType=0 InstallPlatform=0 CatalogFile=%SP_SHORT_TITLE%.cat NoRestorePoint = 1 MaxNtMinorVersionToUpdate=3 MaxNtMajorVersionToUpdate=5 NtBuildToUpdate=2600 NtMinorVersionToUpdate=1 NtMajorVersionToUpdate=5 MaxNtBuildToUpdate=9999 MinNtServicePackVersion=0 MaxNtServicePackVersion=512 that's all and here is my screen https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...=post&id=158285 :D i must note that i used the instrustions for getting work the ie7 on 2003 and the wmp11 also worked :D you may google "ie7 on 2003" or somethin and you will find it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 I will have to give that a try thechief55 :) I tried that but I don't remember if I used the same values or not. I alway got an Cryptographic Services error message. I'm working on something similar using control.xml right now. EDIT: Tried it and I still get this. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 (edited) I fixed the error message and got WMP11 to install your way TheChief55. I had to make a batch file to do the file swap, my fingers just weren't quick enough. Edited May 16, 2006 by Mr. Dick C. Normous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexk4mvp5 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 So whens the link gonna be Up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackman176 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 would this also work on x64 Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 So whens the link gonna be Up? Unfortunately I don't know yet. The batch file I used won't work for most other pc's because it?s based on the speed of the pc. The batch file switches a file mid-install and if the timing isn't perfect you end up with one of two error messages. would this also work on x64 Pro? I'm not sure on this, Sorry. The method TheChief55 mentioned DID NOT work on my laptop running WinS2k3. It installed fine but doesn't run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 I've got a working installer!!! I am writing the how-to now and will post it as soon as it's done :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpeters Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I've had enough of microsofts "support" for windows 64bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) 1. Download and extract the Windows Media Player 11 installer using WinRar. 2. Delete everything in the mpsetup folder except for wmp11.exe and wmfdist11.exe. 3. Extract wmp11.exe and wmfdist11.exe using Winrar. Be sure to use the ?extract to? option. 4. Extract my installer into the mpsetup folder 5. Make sure your mpsetup looks like the image below and run install.bat Timing is still a slight issue but I have used this installer on three different machines and it does work. If you get an error message just run my installer again. The second try has always worked here. For some reason my host won't allow me to link to the file and Neowin is screwing up my installer. I'm trying to get it posted Installer.zip Edited May 17, 2006 by Mr. Dick C. Normous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirquacksalot Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I can just about confirm that this does not work under Windows XP x64. I just get message boxes apear almost immediatly saying "This wmp11 (and WMFDist11) is for a different hardware platform" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dick C. Normous Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 I can just about confirm that this does not work under Windows XP x64. I just get message boxes apear almost immediatly saying "This wmp11 (and WMFDist11) is for a different hardware platform" I don't know if there is any way around that. I don't have the hardware or the software to even try and figure it out. Were you able to download the installer correctly or did you have to extract it twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[bear] Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I've had enough of microsofts "support" for windows 64bit. this is a BETA, get over it. You can't cry over them not releasing a BETA for 64bit windows. They will probably have it ready to ship with the final. Support and Beta do not mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpeters Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 ' date='May 17 2006, 08:46' post='587516293']this is a BETA, get over it. You can't cry over them not releasing a BETA for 64bit windows. They will probably have it ready to ship with the final. Support and Beta do not mix. You can quit your attitude towards my comment, it?s very unpleasing to be running a "future" computer architecture that fails on software support for even "BETA" software. Yeah Media Player 11 is BETA, but this happened with IE7, I couldn?t test the BETA of that and work my website around any upcoming bugs - it was very stressful knowing people are viewing a website I can?t fix because I can?t install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vykranth Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 ' date='May 17 2006, 09:46' post='587516293']this is a BETA, get over it. You can't cry over them not releasing a BETA for 64bit windows. They will probably have it ready to ship with the final. Support and Beta do not mix. Sure, Support and Beta are not equal to each other and people running XP x64 represents a ultra-minority of Windows users around. Yet, what would it cost for MS to release x64 compatible versions of their beta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coth Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 this is a BETA, get over it. You can't cry over them not releasing a BETA for 64bit windows. They will probably have it ready to ship with the final. Support and Beta do not mix. i can cry over them, because new wmp was more important for xp x64 than for 32 bit. except of business with urge there is nothing significantly new in wmp11 for 32 bit windows users. xp x64 users awating for working wmp for "good" year already. :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpeters Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Ive got it installed at work on Windows XP SP2 (32bit) but its situated to the right of the screen and I can only see about 5px of width, the rest I guess is off the screen, anyone had this problem? (downloaded it from Microsoft). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechief55 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Mr. Dick C. Normous, i'm sorry i forgot to tell about cryptografic service error . in my way you must make a copy of the original update.ini then when you run update.exe you must fast copy over modified inf the origal one and it won't get that error btw: that instructions should work for any patch or update designed for Windows XP on Windows2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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