I am unable to make work 1)YouTube to play video on IE, 2) Windows Media Player, and 3) Windows Movie Maker.

A little more detail would be helpful. You could be missing flash play (for Youtube), and you might just need a reinstall for both Windows Movie Maker and Windows Media Player. As well, are you using Windows Live Movie Maker?

Thanks for your response.
I uninstalled and attempted to reinstall but the install wizard indicated that they were already installed so that I could not proceed any further. I found somewhere in the Internet how to uninstalled Windows Live suite and followed it but to no avail.
In the meantime,to use those softwares I boot an os on another partition where there is no such problem.

Okay, I still need more information about your problem. Do they outright not work? Do you have a version number? Have you checked Windows Update?

I have just found that the W8 no longer boots. I have decided to wait for it's new beta which is reportedly become available soon. Thnak you anyway for trying to help me.

you can always use Google Chrome for youtube. it comes pre-loaded with flash player. and it works for me.

Originally Posted by abhijitrucks

you can always use Google Chrome for youtube. it comes pre-loaded with flash player. and it works for me.

Hi, Chrome user. I dabbled with the Chrome but could not figure out how to have a list of saved website names displayed as a side bar, that are called Favorites for IE and Bookmarks for Firefox. Could you help?