where do i get the windows media services plugin?

i recently bought a new laptop with windows 7 home premium pre-installed. my former laptop had been hibernating whenever i seemed to use more than two or three programs at once.

while trying to add to my music library i found that i couldn't play back some tracks without a license for those tracks. when i tried to get a license i was told that i didn't have the 'windows media services plugin' installed.

i went to Microsoft and tried to find it and i couldn't. i tried to find a way to contact them directly and couldn't.

does anyone know where i can get this plugin?

Reply 1 : where do i get the windows media services plugin?

to manager your music library and play back the tracks?

And what program to get the license?

Kees

Reply 2 : where do i get the windows media services plugin?

the newest version of Windows Media Player, which came with the Windows 7 Home Premium package. apparently the plugin wasn't part of the package.