[Wine] Anyone able to install Windows Media Player plugin?

[L. Rahyen]

On 2008-12-21 (Sunday) 11:11:32 jeffz wrote:
> Yuri wrote:
> > When I run wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe downloaded from
> > wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe
> > I get the screen saying:
> > "You may be a victim of software counterfeiting"
> > "This copy of Windows is not genuine."
> >
> > At the same time standard output gets the following messages:
> > err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24}
> > not registered
> > err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object
> > {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1
> > err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {acadf079-cbcd-4032-83f2-fa47c4db096f}
> > not registered
> > err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object
> > {acadf079-cbcd-4032-83f2-fa47c4db096f} could be created for context 0x1
> > err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24}
> > not registered
> > err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object
> > {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1
> > fixme:msxml:DllCanUnloadNow
> >
> > Is there any way to pass validation?
> > Yuri
>
> I hear it's possible to pass if you have a genuine copy of windows running
> on your local network.

	*If* this is true then a (genuine) copy of Windows running in VMWare 
(probably free VirtualBox also will work) with properly configured networking 
and reduced memory (this isn't a requirement obviously - just a way to 
preserve host memory) probably will work well. This is especially useful in 
case if you havn't Windows machine in your local network 24/7. Please note 
that I have no idea if this actually will help you to pass validation but if 
you have genuine copy of Windows which you can install in virtual machine it 
doesn't hurt to try (especially if you take advantage of Easy Install for 
Windows in VMWare). In case you really try this don't forget to tell us about 
results.