Windows Media Player 9--no uninstall?
Some people looking to uninstall the latest test version of Microsoft's new Windows Media Player 9 Series software may find the program is like a bad houseguest: It just won't leave.
Microsoft's latest media software doesn't include a mechanism for uninstalling the software on Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows XP operating system. Typically software makers like Microsoft provide a simple means of uninstalling software--particularly software such as Media Player 9 Series that has yet to be officially released...
...Windows Me and XP users must rely on a feature called "System Restore" to roll back their Windows installation to a time before they installed Media Player 9 Series if the want to uninstall it. The clunky alternative doesn't really remove all Windows Media Player 9 Series files and could potentially wipe out other system changes.
David Caulton, a Windows Media product manager, said the uninstall issue isn't a bug or mistake: Microsoft intended the software to work that way[my bold-mj], and the company warns people before they install the software that it's hard to get rid of it. [ZDNet]
DOH! Mr Caulton must understand that it is a bug and a mistake. An intentional bug and mistake. Micro$oft just doesn't get it, and never will untill it's on its knees. Years of Antitrust Suits and they are busy doing just the sort of thing that got them into this whole mess. That's why the DOJ solution is worthless. Any solution that M$ agrees to will be ignored, except for Windows™dressing...mj
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