My new laptop won't let me play any songs I download

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Published on 2011-03-16T07:15:52Z Indexed on 2011/03/16 8:12 UTC
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I recently got a new laptop.

I reinstalled everything because my old computer is loaded with viruses. I downloaded a song to play on iTunes but it just will not play.

I tried it with Windows Media Player and it just says it encountered a problem while playing the file.

It's the same with every kind of media player on my laptop. It can only play the sample music provided in the laptop, and it plays music and video fine online.

Please help me solve this problem.

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