Dave, sometimes when I’m using Windows Media Player on my WinXP system, I get this mysterious “Unknown error” (C00D11CD)”. What does it mean and how do I avoid it happening?

This is a weird one and I had to do some digging on the Microsoft site to find a good answer for you. As best I can tell, this error pops up not when Microsoft Media Player has a problem, but when another program or operating system component encounters a problem, but doesn’t communicate the nature of the problem to the Player.

This is a weird one and I had to do some digging on the Microsoft site to find a good answer for you. As best as I can tell, this error pops up not when Microsoft Media Player has a problem, but when another program or operating system component encounters a problem, but doesn’t communicate the nature of the problem to the Player.

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