Trouble shooting WMP with Tiger?

Hi;
Does anyone know why WMP can't be launched after installation of Tiger? Or at least it will take good ammount of time before it can start.
Thanks,

for some reason or another, there is a huge difference between os 10.3 and 10.4. nearly every program that was compatible with os 10.3 had to be updated for tiger. while nearly every software maker who had problems in 10.4 has fixed their applets, Microsoft won't be. sorry to have to tell you this, but Windows Media Player is no longer a good program for Mac! the best program out there so far is VLC (which supports a range of files and codecs, including windows media files!) I think it was recently updated for os 10.4, but not fully sure. you can download it from Download.com. hope this helps!

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    Try another 6 pin to 6 pin firewire cable.
    b) Unplug the cable from any other FireWire device and give the iSight it's Own FireWire port/socket on the Mac (exclude issues with other FireWire devices). It is important that this be a port/socket on your computer and that you know that it works. Do not use a port in a FireWire hub or another FireWire device or a FireWire port in an Apple Display for testing.  (Also see d below if you have an 800 FIreWIre Computer)
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