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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.

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Windows Media Player 11 provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface to play digital media files, organize your media collection, burn CDs of your favorite music, rip music from CDs, sync digital media files to a portable music player, shop for digital media content from online stores. It's easier than ever to access all of your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV on your PC. Play it, view it, organize it, and sync it to a portable device for enjoying on the go, or share with devices around your home - all from one place. Windows Media Player 11 is designed to work with all editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and can also be used to restore Windows Media Player and related technologies to N and KN editions of Windows Vista.

Windows Media Player 11 codecs (for Windows XP, Vista)
Codec Pack All in 1 is a compilation of the codecs that will help you play almost any movie with subtitles and/or AC3 audio using Windows Media Player. It combines all the most popular audio and video DivX & XviD codecs for your convenience. The codec pack has both 64-bit codecs and 32-bit codecs.

Latest version: 11.0.5721.5262 (17 Sep 2008)
License: Freeware
System requirements: Windows 2003/XP/Vista
Download WMP 32-bit: wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe (24.5 MB)
Download WMP 64-bit: wmp11-windowsxp-x64-enu.exe (26.6 MB)