When you start Windows Media Player, you get the following error message. "To finish installing windows media player, restart your computer and sign on as administrator or member of administrator group."

When you start Windows Media Player, you get the following error message. "To finish installing windows media player, restart your computer and sign on as administrator or member of administrator group." 1)Go to the Start button and select RUN. 2)Type regedit and click OK. 3)Browse to the following Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>MediaPlayer>Setup 4)In the right-hand pane, locate and double-click on the value "InstallResult" If the current value of InstallResult is 0xd2af9 or 0xC00D2AFB, change it to 0x0 5)Exit the registry editor and restart Windows Media Player.

Posted By thegeek on 2008-09-14 20:52:49.0 | Topic (Troubleshooting Windows Geek Tip)