
The right pane contains three tabs: Play, Burn, and Sync. The center pane provides details of what's selected in the navigation pane. This screen is divided into three vertical panes. (Search for "media player", without the quote marks.) Click and run the program, and you should shortly see the familiar Windows Media Player screen. The easiest way to launch Media Player is to simply use the search capabilities of Windows to look for the program. Most of these features are covered under other tips, so this tip will explain how to use Media Player to listen to music.

For example, you can manage various types of media, stream media with other systems on your network, use it to sync music with an MP3 player, burn audio CDs, change skins, create and manage playlists, etc.


Windows Media Player is a fairly sophisticated program with a lot of functionality.
