Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) User Reviews

• 5.0 stars

  "THE Best software to play music & video"

  July 1, 2005  |   By vijayaraghavan2k5

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Pros

  The sound effects that can be added are good. The SRS WOW effect is one not to be missed. It provides great sound effect. The docking of the player to the taskbar is very much helpful.

  Cons

  The equalizer does'nt function too well. Otherwise, this player is no.1

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• 3.0 stars

  "IT'S OK IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE"

  June 29, 2005  |   By littlefred

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Pros

  It works, as do all MS apps. Is pretty good for music.

  Best thing about it is that it's stable, which is actually saying a lot.

  Cons

  PATHETIC for video. Will not play an inexcusable number of Video files. There are many better players around. Is not easy to edit the playlist.

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• 2.0 stars

  "Not good for Win98!"

  April 25, 2005  |   By suleman1uk

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Pros

  Nice interface and easy to use

  Cons

  I couldn't use all the features for win98 very unstable!

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• 1.0 stars

  "download from microsoft.com if u want windows media player"

  April 5, 2005  |   By yprtb

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Pros

  it works better from the offical microsoft website. download from them its more secure!!!

  Cons

  it works better from the offical microsoft website. download from them its more secure!!!

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• 5.0 stars

  "Excellent Music Quality"

  March 13, 2005  |   By Ken Deyell

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Pros

  Allows you to enjoy the wonderful world of "Multimedia".Very functional,and practical.Great player.Reading other reviews, a common comment was about no "uninstall" feature.I have W98SE and it is listed in "Add/Remove Prog."

  Cons

  There can be a connection problem with DSL service unless the EnterNet software is up to date.

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• 5.0 stars

  "No parallel"

  January 30, 2005  |   By afakirani

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Pros

  i've tried many media players including winamp, itunes, ashampoo (Whisset), quicktime, but none gave me the functionability that WMP 9 did. for someone who has thousands of music files, no program gives you this much feasibility in terms of creatiing personal playlists and helping organize my files. the auto playlist feature is great and the music data retrival system is unique to this media player.

  Cons

  the drawback is the types of meida it can play. it is not as extensive as a program like ashampoo (which i also recommend for those who have many different media file types)

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• 5.0 stars

  "this product would be better than others that the machine has"

  January 29, 2005  |   By jaocampo

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Pros

  i like that you can listening many music with the program

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• 5.0 stars

  "Go ahead ! Admit that u WANT IT !"

  November 24, 2004  |  

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Summary

  Finally , Microsoft Windows Media Player has produced a sibling equal to Winamp in every respect
  
  Pros Of WMP 9 over Winamps , Musicmatch Jukeboxes,Quick times,Real Ones,Soniques,Zoom,DivXs,XnView etc.:
  
  1.Unlimited CD Burning
  2.Radio , CD TAsking & Integrated Media Library
  3.All in one roof type outlook
  4.Fully freehand resizing of windows
  5.Lot of Formats for Media Files
  6.Total convertibility from one format to another by simple renaming and extension changing in windows explorer and followeed by only hassle-free playback
  7.Cool full mode viewing
  8.Multitasking in a single window
  9.Ezee Playlists
  10.Superb hang free Quality Playback of CDs
  11.Total Music Playback ability i.e : no skips
  12.Ezee unistall
  
  Now , I read most of the user reviews as negative before download of the product summed up with solutions as under :
  
  1.No Unistall / blue screen oriented system crashes - Totally filthy lie unless ther system is crappy / sth else is wrong
  
  2.Old formats not playable - If u guys know DOS Please convert :
  
  pls <-> m3u
  mp3 <-> wma
  mpeg <-> wmv
  
  3.I use W98SE without a problem with WMP9.I dont recommend OSs like ME,NT,2K etc. because not only do they support less apps but they also restart system at every error.This yet isn't a flaw but the birth of an innovation from MS
  
  4.Most of us get systems remade from the grey market's services.I would like to tell all of u that these guys arent reliable and neither are their services any good.They are just carpenters & not inventors.Contct me at my email
  for solutions in this area
  
  In turn could u tell me when
  
  1.Winamp 2.91 & WMP 7 were launched ?
  
  2.Is there any news of another WMP after 9 Series for more formats ?
  
  Please contact me at :
  
  invincibleagt@yahoo.com
  
  With the problem and i'll solve it unless its beyond my scope and then rate this software.

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• 1.0 stars

  "pathetic"

  November 10, 2004  |  

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Summary

  this program is a terrible upgrade....some of its features wont work on WIN98se....caused me trouble uninstalling...i suggest u get realplayer or better stick to WMP 7 instead

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• 5.0 stars

  "Good"

  October 18, 2004  |  

  Version: Windows Media Player (Windows 98SE/2000/Me) 9

  Summary

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