TSGL: I am starting to rip

[Tilman Brandl]

Hi ED,

unfortunately I have no experience with what you are trying to do, so the 
following may not help much ;-/

I would /1 try to find out whether WMP is actually ready + set to write a 
file, and/or /2 try to find any such file on the PC:

- you said  "put the MP3 in both the Library and the new My Music folder". 
Does it mean you 'ripped' a record disc, and SAVED the new mp3 away to the 
places you mentioned? I'm not sure whether the library does actually hold 
files, and not just references to files on your machine?

- if you aren't sure whether there IS any file on your disc as a result of 
the process: You could try to SEARCH for new files. Unfortunately I think 
Explorer can only show files written during the last day. My file manager 
lets me find files that were written during the last minute or such. You 
could anyway try to find ANY files written since yesterday in an area on 
your PC that might make sense, using explorer. Search for any files, hidden 
etc. Alternatively you could get an different filemanager that allows more 
distinct searches. http://www.ghisler.com/ is what I use. It's shareware and 
I did pay mine, but it may be tried forever with a decent nag screen only at 
startup.

Good luck
Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: edLynn
  To: TechSupportGuys
  Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 11:36 PM
  Subject: TSGL: I am starting to rip


  Hi-

  I decided to replenish MY Music by ripping my collection, and I ran into a
  problem immediately.

  I'm using XPPro, SP2, and windows Media Player 11,

  I dutifully configured the 'player's to RIP to MP3, and put the MP3 in 
both
  the Library and the new My Music folder, with the correct address.

  Results: Nothing showed up in either place, and Search for "*.MP3" came up
  with NO Results Found. I did the whole thing over with the same answers.

  Using Control Panel, I reverted to WMP10, but the same no results 
anywhere.

  I reinstalled #11 directly from the Microsoft #1 site, and tried again. 
NG!

  I did a virus scan with my up-to-date Panda, and spyware scans with 
AdAware,
  Spybot, and MS Defender running. I was clean except for the  usual few
  tracking cookies which I eliminated.

  Am I the victim of a music plot, or what? I never used to have a WMP
  problem, and with the fresh one in place, I am beginning to believe in the
  spirit world. Help before it's too la-a-ate.

  ED