BS Player does not start

[dunno]

Just recently, I uninstalled my HP printer and scanner. Installed software to my new HP All-in-One fax/scanner/copier/printer. For some reason, I thought I would try out the BSPlayer and now it works. Weird. To boot, I lost my Dirext X version 9. BSPlayer stated that I had version prior to version 7. Weird again since I updated everything after reinstalling Windows 98SE. I installed version 8.1 since I don't have my high speed access for another few days. It works now and I don't know why. I hope this might help a little into what is causing some people this problem. However, to note, I had it work after another number of installations and uninstallations after a previous drive crash.