Microsoft KB Archive/319263

= INFO: You Need Administrator Privileges to Install Windows Media Player 7.x =

Article ID: 319263

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q319263



SUMMARY
You must have administrator privileges to successfully install Windows Media Player version 7. on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior is by design.

Administrator privileges are required during Setup to install the necessary Windows Media Player Version 7. drivers and to write to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry key.

Keywords: kbinfo KB319263

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