OMG I'm going crazy! (Windows Media Install not happening)

Whatever happened to Macs are supposed to be intuitive? Not so, not at least coming from system 9.2 to osx (v10.2). Anyway, I'm simply trying to get Windows Media Player to install and it's NOT happening! I've tried everything I can think of to make this install, YES I HAVE STUFFIT, and all I have now is a boatload of "Windows Media.sitx." everywhere. I've tried different downloads, and yes, I have many of those now too. I seem to have everything except a BRAIN - ugh. Can someone please send in the cavalry?
G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Version 6 should be okay, ensure that you are in fact
using version 6 to actually open the compressed file
and not an earlier version still on your Mac.
iFelix
I did a clean reinstall when I put on OSX, so the stuffit I'm using is v6 for sure. Any other suggestions?
Dj
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