I had a brief power outage today and when I booted my computer up, the media
player problem completely vanished. Go figure. I just hope that it doesn't
return the next time I boot up...
Thanks for all of your help with this though, I greatly appreciated it.
- Jeremey Poparad
"Poparad" wrote:
> Everything else about IE is perfectly normal. I'm not having (and haven't
> had for a long time) crash issues with anything on my computer, so it's not
> like I have an unstable system or anything.
>
> I've been thinking about what might've caused this, and I think it startd up
> about the time that the automatic Windows Update in Win2k had some Media
> Player updates. I think it was around this time that everything started
> crashing, but as I mentioned earlier, uninstalling the patches don't remedy
> the issue.
>
> Thanks for your time with this though, it is a bit of a mystery problem.
>
>
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
> >
> > Did you send up the crash report? I see the crash bucket in our internal
> > tool, but there's no info with it - just that it's a crash in wininet. So
> > there's nothing really to go on there.
> >
> > Is IE functioning normally... ?
> >
> > --
> > (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> > See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> > --
> >
> > "Poparad" <Poparad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news
F77CC5F-EAD1-4371-9C97-F9F6BF9A4EC0@microsoft.com...
> > >I don't see anything labelled "Crash Bucket," but here is the info:
> > >
> > > When WMP loads externally from IE and crashes, I get one error record:
> > >
> > > Event Type: Error
> > > Event Source: Microsoft Windows Media Player
> > > Event Category: None
> > > Event ID: 1000
> > > Date: 11/22/2005
> > > Time: 2:04:33 PM
> > > User: N/A
> > > Computer: JEREMEY
> > > Description:
> > > The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( Microsoft Windows Media
> > > Player ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary
> > > registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a
> > > remote
> > > computer. The following information is part of the event: wmplayer.exe,
> > > 9.0.0.2980, wininet.dll, 6.0.2800.1511, 00055371.
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > For embedded media in IE, I get two error records:
> > >
> > > Event Type: Error
> > > Event Source: Microsoft Internet Explorer
> > > Event Category: None
> > > Event ID: 1000
> > > Date: 11/22/2005
> > > Time: 2:09:35 PM
> > > User: N/A
> > > Computer: JEREMEY
> > > Description:
> > > The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( Microsoft Internet
> > > Explorer ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary
> > > registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a
> > > remote
> > > computer. The following information is part of the event: iexplore.exe,
> > > 6.0.2800.1106, wininet.dll, 6.0.2800.1511, 00055371.
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Event Type: Error
> > > Event Source: Microsoft Internet Explorer
> > > Event Category: None
> > > Event ID: 1001
> > > Date: 11/22/2005
> > > Time: 2:09:39 PM
> > > User: N/A
> > > Computer: JEREMEY
> > > Description:
> > > The description for Event ID ( 1001 ) in Source ( Microsoft Internet
> > > Explorer ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary
> > > registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a
> > > remote
> > > computer. The following information is part of the event: 217847745.
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope that helps.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> What's the crash bucket number-
> > >> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket
> > >> ?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> > >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > >> rights.
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> "Poparad" <Poparad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:75BEF60C-C720-4160-9FBE-B458D69E2FC2@microsoft.com...
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Do you get the chance to send a crash report to MS?
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Yes, and I have send reports quite frequently. The error reports
> > >> > mentions
> > >> > the module "wininet.dll" in it as part of the crash.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >