It was issued well before the release of SP3 in the beginning of May 2008. The date on the Windows Media Player 11 installation is the problem. Please Note: If the Windows Media Player 11 build is updated in the Microsoft Download Centre then the Service Pack 2 component of this article may no longer apply. 5145 (wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe published ) Windows XP Home or Professional Edition.This article specifically discusses and assumes the following: It will also ruin any automation that you might like to have in your Windows XP installation! Prerequisites:

The Windows Media Player executive will be missing from Program Files effectively rendering your system Windows XP Home N / Windows XP Professional N. Once the system restarts to desktop Windows Media Player will not be included in the installed application list and will be missing from the start menu.

This error message will appear at least 5 times during the setup. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. This application has failed to start because WMDRMSDK.DLL was not found. Unregmp2.exe – Unable To Locate Component