Windows vista Media Player

I have windows vista and my Media Player will not play anything at all... not music, videos or stuff that is sent in my email. I am computer illiterate, so whatever the responses I get please make sure you put Taylor in a way that I can understand them! Thank you

I have windows vista and my Media Player will not play anything at all... not music, videos or stuff that is sent in my email. I am computer illiterate, so whatever the responses I get please make sure you put Taylor in a way that I can understand them! Thank you

Take a look at the attachment provided with email.
It has a file name, and at the end of the file name, there are 3 letters.
The 3 letters are the file format of the attachment.

Windows Media Player only supports the following file formats:
Video files: .asf, .avi, .dvr-ms, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv
Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma

If your audio or video attachments do not have one of the above file formats, Windows Media Player will not play them.

In this case, you will need to go to the web, google for a FREE audio or video converter. Use the converter and change the file formats.
For the video format, I highly recommend WMV format because it's more reliable.
For the audio format, use mp3, wma or wav, in that order.

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