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Pocket PC Forum / End Users / Multimedia / August 2004wmp8.5 upgrade
i have wmp 8.5 on my toshiba e740 (ce 2002) and i would like to upgrade to wmp 9. however, every time i try to find the wmp 9 for ppc on the microsoft website, all i can find is the wmp for win xp. Please help Yes infuriating that the PPC areas redirect to the XP media player download. I've mentioned this but no action seems to have occurred form the MS web teams. Irrespective though, there's no download of WMP9 for pocket PC available. It's provided as part of WM2003 operating system, which is customised and provided by your device supplier ... However : Toshiba were offering WM2003 2nd edition for users of some devices. Your best bet if it's a must-have is to check the toshiba site to see if theres a WM2003/SE ROM update (a complete operating system reinstall, which can be risky) - that is available for your e740 HTH Neil >i have wmp 8.5 on my toshiba e740 (ce 2002) and i would >like to upgrade to wmp 9. however, every time i try to >find the wmp 9 for ppc on the microsoft website, all i can >find is the wmp for win xp. >Please help I also own a Toshiba e740. There is NO update to WM2003. Toshiba cites a hardware incompatibility between the e740 and WM2003. Basically early adopters of the e740 got screwed, because as soon as WM2003 came out, so did the e750, which supported WM2003. I would love WMP9. But I'm going to sell my e740 shortly, and get an HP iPaq h6315. I like iPaqs much better now that HP has acquired Compaq. > Yes infuriating that the PPC areas redirect to the XP media player > download. I've mentioned this but no action seems to have occurred [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >find is the wmp for win xp. > >Please help OK, just remember that all HP devices are *not* b eing upgraded to WM2003/SE ... HP (and Dell) took a decision not to offer the upgrade, even for (recent) purchasers of current stock devices. Just a thought ;-) Cheers - Neil >I also own a Toshiba e740. There is NO update to WM2003. Toshiba cites a >hardware incompatibility between the e740 and WM2003. Basically early [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >find is the wmp for win xp. >> >Please help Wow! Did not know THAT. Do you know if it was because the hardware really wouldn't support it (as was the case for the e740), or if it is just a corporate decision? If that latter is the case, that makes me REALLY mad that all they have to do is provide a software download, and they won't do it. Even Toshiba provided a ROM update for the little upgrade whatever it was for PPC2002 (the only difference I really knew was WMP8 to WMP8.5). > OK, just remember that all HP devices are *not* b eing upgraded to > WM2003/SE ... HP (and Dell) took a decision not to offer the upgrade, [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >> >find is the wmp for win xp. > >> >Please help Well speaking only for the Dell, I've got an Axim X3i (802.11 Wifi no bluetooth). The only difference between that and the X30 which gets WM2003SE is that the X30i comes with bluetooth (as do recent European X3i's) and that the X30 runs up to 625Mhz with a higher processor speed but effectively the same processor. Identical memory specifications. So, no, it's not a hardware limitation (the X3s all have 64meg ROM, about 35 meg is actually in use). Cheers - Neil >Wow! Did not know THAT. Do you know if it was because the hardware really >wouldn't support it (as was the case for the e740), or if it is just a [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >> >> >find is the wmp for win xp. >> >> >Please help |
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