I talked with MSDNAA about this six months ago and I was advised that anyone
in MSDNAA should have *access* to both. Are they *choosing* to only give
you "N" systems?
No, that is happily not what I'm saying.
If you have a Vista RTM "N" system, install the Media Restore Pack then.
Then upgrade to Service Pack 1.
If you have a Vista "N" system that has Service Pack 1 applied (or if it was
uninstalled from the system), that uses an updated servicing stack that is
not compatible with the Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP's Media
Restore "trigger" package. This is a limitation of Windows Media Player 11
for Windows XP that will be corrected.
You may be able to use the Windows Media Runtime 11 Format SDK
redistributable here, but you cannot use the XP player installer at this
time. The right people (one of the teams I'm on) is aware of this and will
work on making sure you get the correct fix here in the future.
The XP player team's trigger pack used an early form of a servicing update
that was made obsolete - the trade-off was a very substantial performance
win on every single Service Pack 1 install (and all future servicing
updates). I agree that this was a tough decision to make. The XP player's
trigger package will be updated to be in full Vista servicing stack
compliance.
It is not generally recommended that you get the "N" version if you want the
non-"N" version.
--
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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.
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"Luca" <Luca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2184E8CF-AB62-4EB9-8ED2-F265669BCC85@microsoft.com...
>I cannot have a business license. The license i have has been given me by
>my
> university, via MSDNAA, and here, in italy, the only version available is
> the
> business N, and we have to tahks the european community for that...
>
> So, you are telling me that if i install a business N and download the
> media
> restore pack, if i format my pc, and install again the same version of
> business N with the same key, i canno install again the media restore
> pack?
> Is this what you mean, or i have misunderstood?? (that's really stupid by
> microsoft, if it is.... :S)
>
> Thak you all
>
>
> PS: I tryed uninstall all update i had, but nothing goes good installing
> WMP...
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> If you formatted the PC - why did you again use the "N" version? You
>> probably would be better suited to use regular Business, which you should
>> also have a license for. Am I confused?
>>
>> What you are trying to do is not currently supported. An updated Media
>> Restore trigger pack will be required before this will work. This is in
>> progress, but I am not aware of any public ETA, simply that this scenario
>> (an SP1 system trying to install the Restore Pack) will not work until
>> that
>> time.
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> 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.
>> --
>>
>> "Luca" <Luca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2F385BF8-6DEA-49D4-B7F1-966B4DB433FF@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all.
>> > Via MSDNAA i've got a license of Windows Vista Business N. One year ago
>> > i've
>> > installed it on my desktop, and when the media restore pack was
>> > released i
>> > installed it through the windows xp media player installer, because the
>> > update doesn't appear in windows Update. Last week i need to format my
>> > pc,
>> > and reinstall the same vista. But now, i'm not able to install the
>> > media
>> > restore pack. Anytime i start the media player installer for xp, it
>> > start
>> > and
>> > after some seconds the application window just close. In Vista problems
>> > report and solutions, i've seen i've got an entry for each time i try
>> > to
>> > install the media player, and it says this:
>> >
>> > Nome evento problema: CbsPackageServicingFailure
>> > Stack Version: 6.0.6001.18000
>> > Package:
>> > Microsoft-Windows-Trigger-WMP~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.5600.16834
>> > Status: 80070005
>> > Failure Source: CBS Other
>> > Start State: Absent
>> > Target State: Installed
>> > Versione SO: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.16
>> > ID impostazioni locali: 1040
>> >
>> > It seems like it think the pack is installed, but it isn't...
>> >
>> > How can i solve this problem? Please, help me, i really need multimedia
>> > library on vista... 
>>
>>
>>