Installing Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 Without WGA Validation

Windows Media Player 12 will be an integral part of upcoming Windows 7 operating system, there is no official word on whether the new media player will be made available on older version of Microsoft Windows or not, so until Microsoft decides to make WMP12 available on older versions or somebody hacks and port it, the most current version of Windows Media Player for XP and Vista will remain to be Windows Media Player 11 (WMP 11).

Windows Media Player 11 is available for free download officially at Microsoft website, However, If you are having trouble installing Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 because of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) check failure here is an simple trick to bypass the WGA installation and check without using any illegal crack.

Windows Media Player 11 installation bypassing WGA install and check:

1. Download Windows Media Player 11 installer from official website here.
2. Download and install Winrar.
3. Right-click the downloaded file wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe and choose Extract to wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe/ from Winrar/Winzip shell context-menu as shown below.
   
4. Now, open the extracted folder - wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu, and delete the WGA file LegitLibM.dll.
5. Now, launch wmfdist11.exe and install the media player runtimes.
   
6. Once runtime setup is completed launch the WMP11 setup wizard by executing - wmp11.exe and complete the setup process.
   
7. Above three steps in a single image :
   
8. Enjoy, Windows Media Player 11