i always rip music from cd's to my computer and then it just stoped, it comes
up with windows media has encountered an unkown error! its never done
anything like this before. i have cheacked everything, and i can't find how
or even why.

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> i always rip music from cd's to my computer and then it just stoped,
> it comes up with windows media has encountered an unkown error! its
> never done anything like this before. i have cheacked everything, and
> i can't find how or even why.

Is the CD protected with ripping disabled perhaps? *chuckles* Maybe one from
one of the music clubs or Sony? Try a third party application and see if
that gives you the same problem.

jetAudio Basic:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/jetaudio.html

As it's an unknown error you can also see this site:

WMP FAQ:
http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html


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