Posted August 29, 2007 by Jimmy Selix in Windows This recipe will explain how to install Windows Media Player 11 without having to Activate your windows copy / bypassing the WGA. This requires Winzip or any other.zip extracting program to be installed. Bypassing the activation when installing Windows Media Player 11 is pretty simple. Basically what we will do is download the setup file (.exe) and then extract its contents to a folder and manually run the two components needed to install and run Media Player 11. 1. Download Windows Media Player 11. Go here to download. 2. After you have the file downloaded (usually named: wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe right-click on the File. If you have Winzip installed, go to the Winzip menu, and choose to Extract to Folder X:\ \wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu A lot of.exe setup files are really just a self-executing zip file so you can use this method to extract files from.exe files with other installers too (ie device driver installers, if you only want the driver files and not the other ‘fluff’ that sometimes come with the installer.) 4. Once you do this, you will see a folder called wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu. Go into the folder and now we will manually run the two files needed for Windows Media Player 11 to install. First run: wmfdist11.exe This is the media player 11 runtime files. Gp through the installation wizard and then run: wmp11.exe This will in turn install Windows Media Player 11 and will bypass the activation part of the installer. Once you finish the install, reboot and you should now have a working Windows Media Player 11 that will not require activation and in turn allow you to install on a non-activated XP install.
Anonymous said. Doesn't work WMP crashes on start after installing. Saturday, November 11, 2006 AM Anonymous said. It worked for me. Thanks! Saturday, November 11, 2006 AM Anonymous said. I recently found a very interesting website: you can purchase ad space for your Blog etc. Sunday, November 12, 2006 AM Sinthiya said. thnx, yahoo! now i hav wmp 11. it luks cool with black skin : D Sunday, November 12, 2006 PM James said. thanks dude. you rock! Monday, November 13, 2006 PM Anonymous said. YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT ANY CRACKTo pass windows validation:1. Right click on wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe and extract it with winrar to any folder2. In folder you will see Windows XP- MSComp Pack V1-x86.exe wmp11.exe wmfdist11.exe umdf.exe and wmdbexport.exe install them3. Reboot4. Run any media player shortcut you have on your system.a screen will popup asking express or custom 5. Choose custom and its smooth sailing from there. If you fail first time, then do it second time with installing wmpappcompat.exe and reboot your computer. But yuo have to sure your WMP11 file is final version. I did this work after several times of stup xp service pack 2. Ashik, Dhaka Wednesday, November 15, 2006 PM Anonymous said. Thanks dude, it works fine Sunday, November 19, 2006 PM Anonymous said. hi thanks for the suggestions it worked for me Thursday, November 23, 2006 AM Dan said. It worked! Thanks for the how-to. Thursday, November 23, 2006 PM prolongation corp. said. eureka!1it did work.thankx to u.keep up the good work. Friday, November 24, 2006 AM Anonymous said. Shaon bhaiya would you please to tell me what is Registry key? What does this key do in XP? Because i have found a registry key which able to bypass the validation of Micrisoft. That's why i am able to install IE7, WMP11.
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