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3 ways Microsoft can make Windows Media Player great again

There was a time when using Windows Media Player on older versions of Windows was as common as using services like OneDrive and Copilot in today's world. Over time, Microsoft's media app fell by the ...
Digital Trends

I gave the Windows Media Player another shot. Here’s what surprised me

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...
PC World

Windows Media Player loses the ability to play DRM media on older PCs

Last week, Microsoft updated a support page that tracks deprecated Windows features with a new announcement: legacy DRM services will no longer be available in Windows Media Player along with ...
Neowin

Microsoft kills legacy DRM support on Windows Media Player, Windows 7/ 8, Silverlight0 0

Recently, Microsoft gave the first official on-record confirmation about the apparent impending doom of the Windows Control Panel. After widespread media coverage of it though, the company soon ...

How to rotate a video in Windows 10 in 2 different ways, without using Windows Media Player

It's not possible to rotate a video directly in Windows Media Player, but here are two other ways you can rotate a video in ...
NPR

EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million

European regulators impose a record $613 million fine on Microsoft, calling the company an abusive monopoly. EU officials order Microsoft to take steps to stop crushing rivals, including selling a ...