I have just reloaded my computer, and when I try to listen to samples of music on amazon, it opens the little sub-window, but doesnt play. I've Media Player 7 on my machine, but the newer versions require you to 'authenticate' your copy of windows before downloading... Does anyone know a way around this?

Thanks,

Timmah

get all your updates from technet.microsoft.com
no auth. needed, don't even need to use IE to get them.

There's plenty of easy info around about bypassing this as well, so you can use automatic updates and stuff.
Search for WGA cracks/patches/hacks/etc. in Google.

I'm on technet now, and it still asks me to validate my windows :|

Thanks guys! Searching worked - found an obscure link to MP on the microsoft site