PLAYING A CD

You play audio CDs using your PC's CD-ROM drive and Windows Media Player (WMP). You can also use WMP to play songs you've downloaded to your PC from the Internet and (if your PC has a DVD drive) to play DVD movies.

Insert a CD into your PC's CD-ROM drive.

Windows will ask what you want to do; double-click Play Audio CD Using Windows Media Player.

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Online Music Stores

You can buy downloadable music at many online music stores, including the iTunes Music Store (www.apple.com/itunes/store/), MSN Music (music.msn.com), and Napster (www.napster.com). Most stores charge 99¢ per song.

The CD should start playing automatically; to pause the CD, click the Pause button and then click Play to resume playback.

To skip to the next track, click the Next button.

To replay the last track, click the Previous button.

To stop playback completely, click the Stop button.

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Download the Latest Version

This book covers Windows Media Player version 10. To download the latest version of Windows Media Player, go to www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/.

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Launching Windows Media Player

If WMP doesn't start automatically when you load a CD into your PC's CD-ROM drive, you can launch it manually from the Windows Start menu.