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Dell media direct removal

  • 09-06-2009 06:31PM
    #1
    topspur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭


    Hi,

    My daughter recently purchased a dell laptop, it's an Inspiron 1525. She has dell media direct pre-installed on it, however when she tries to play a cd or watch a dvd using windows media player, dell media direct starts up, closes windows media player and then doesnt play anything at all. Can anyone advise me of any way that i can either prevent media direct from attempting to play this content or if there's any way that i can remove it from the laptop completely? I have already changed the defaults to WMP but that hasn't changed a thing.

    Thanks for any advice you give me.


Comments

  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    I'm not familiar with Dell's media direct, but is it a program you can just uninstall?


  • #3
    topspur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭topspur


    no it does not seem to be. I'm not that well up on THIS STUFF


  • #4
    topspur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭topspur


    I have tried to uninstall it but I was unable to thanks for any help


  • #5
    eshortie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭eshortie


    Hi topspur, I just removed Media Direct as it sometimes just started spontaneously on startup!

    I used the add/remove prgrams to do it. It's listed under "M" and not "D" as I figured out after a minute or so of wondering why it wasn't listed :)

    Strange how did you try to uninstall?


  • #6
    topspur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭topspur


    eshortie wrote: »
    Hi topspur, I just removed Media Direct as it sometimes just started spontaneously on startup!

    I used the add/remove prgrams to do it. It's listed under "M" and not "D" as I figured out after a minute or so of wondering why it wasn't listed :)

    Strange how did you try to uninstall?
    hey i tried to uninstall the wrong thing thanks to my son who pointed it out to me i did say i am not up to speed with this stuff:pac::D
    i followed your directions and the problem is gone thanks for your help eshortie:D


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  • #7
    eshortie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭eshortie


    No problems :)
    Now you can rub that one in his face "you" figured it out ;)


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