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290979 2004-11-12 09:10:00 Has anyone installed Quintessential Player off the PCWorld CD yet? Tried it here on XP + SP2, and it doesn't work at all well. It loads, (slowly), but when the mouse is passed over it, the cursor turns to an hourglass, and that is all that happens. The computer is basically locked up, and I can't do anything.

Eventually, after agressively selecting Ctrl- Alt-Delete a few times (because nothing happens). I am able to close Quintessential. I wonder what it is doing? I don't even have Real Player installed, to confuse it. Thanks for any help.
rumpty (2863)
290980 2004-11-12 10:56:00 I would give up on it and download MusicMatch Jukebox. It has been PC Worlds - not NZ PC World - editors choice 5 or 6 years in a row, and it is free. Get it here,_
http://www.musicmatch.com/

Vince
Vince (406)
290981 2004-11-14 08:44:00 Thanks Vince. I'll have a look at that one. Quintessential doesn't seem popular, judging by the absence of replies. rumpty (2863)
290982 2004-11-14 09:10:00 i still like winamp, its free and it loads fast, but now i hear they stop making it. but the latest version is still good.:D Prescott (11)
290983 2004-11-14 10:00:00 Hey I'm using Quinessential Player for my mp3's and I find it loads considerably faster and is much smaller than musicmatch.

Im using XP with SP2 and I have absolutely no problems with it
bob_doe_nz (92)
290984 2004-11-14 10:04:00 I tried the player your asking about,

I didn't like it at all and removed it within using it 3 times.

I refrained from posting so as not to give it a negative spin it may not deserve,But it wasn't to my liking.
metla (154)
290985 2004-11-14 11:05:00 I was thinking of trying Quintessential after reading the rave in PC World... but then thought again, after being bitten by MYIE2, which needed a reformat to remove.

I think I will leave this one alone, too.
Jester (13)
290986 2004-11-14 21:33:00 I am using it on WinXP Pro SP2 with no problems.
I prefer it to Winamp now after using it for a couple of weeks.
CYaBro (73)
290987 2004-11-16 04:36:00 Thanks for the replies everyone, but I still can't get it to work here. Rebooted the computer, made sure Zone Alarm wasn't running, even connected to the internet in case it wanted to get something, but it just sits there, looking dumb, stopping anything else from working, until I get rid of it with Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

You can't win them all, I guess. Maybe I have turned off too many Services?
rumpty (2863)
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