The upgrade of Windows Media Player

Is it possible to either remove the program Windows Media Player comes pre-installed with Vista on my laptop or upgrade to Windows Media Player 11?  I tried to do both without success.  It seems that I can't selectively uninstall the current WMP program and download WMP11 and you try to start, it give an error message saying that there is a more current WMP program on my computer.  Advice?

Vista comes with WMP 11 as part of the Vista operating system.

And no, it is not possible to uninstall it.

For questions of WMP:

http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistapictures/threads

"Manage your pictures and videos: play, burn, import and more with Media Player or other programs."

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

Tags: Windows

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