Windows media player on macbook pro not displaying colors correctly

I'm running WMP on Windows on my macbookpro but the colors don't display properly on any video. Other types of video work fine but the windows media format seems to not function properly.
Any ideas?

BTW, for future questions, try posting in the QuickTime for Mac forum. You'll be normally more likely to get help there than you will here in the QuickTime for Windows forum.
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