Windows Media Player 11 – How to upgrade to WMP 11

Do you like to upgrade to Media Player 11 (WMP 11)? We earlier covered an article on how to Download Windows Media Player 11 from Microsoft Website.If you already have windows Media Player 10 installed on your PC, then here is another method to update to windows Media Player 11.

How to upgrade to Windows Media Player 11 (WMP 11)?

The following is a simple method to update to WMP 11, without the need for Windows Genuine Advantage Validation (WGA Validation).

• Open the older version of Windows Media Player and navigate to Tools –-> Options
• click on ‘Check for updates once a day.’ Press Apply and then OK.
• After some time, a windows pops up asking you to upgrade to a newer version.
• Click OK and the System will download Media Player 11 and and install it.

After installation restart your PC

After restarting your PC, Click on Start –> Search, choose ‘All files and folders’ and search for LegitLibM.dll. This DLL is usually located in C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player folder.

Right click LegitLibM.dll and rename it to any other name. (For eg, legitlib.dll)

Run WMP11 and click on validate though you may get a message ‘unable to validate’, you can ignore it and click OK.

The program will then lead you to settings or configuration and after you do that, windows Media Player 11 is ready to use

That is all folks!!! Enjoy upgrading to Media player 11!!!