windows media player error

[Milestones]

Anyone ever run into this problem, where the Windows Media Player simply won't come up--something about server error? I tried some troubleshooting online, but got nowhere. Would it make sense to use System Restore? Would it make sense to download a new media player?

By the way, I'm using windows 8. That alone probably accounts for this mess.

Edited August 28, 2014 by Milestones

[mikeweil]

I'd rather uninstall the Media Player and download and install the latest version available from Microsoft.

Do you have several different Media Players and/or disc burners installed? This can cause problems because all these programs partly use the same scripts - if one software changes anything, the others won't recognize it anmore.

I bought my Windows 8 notebook last summer and in contrast to XP never had a problem.

... but take care you have installed all the Windows updates!