mediaplayer 0x800A017F error on AVI files

[Robert S]

Have you tried the divx? That's what I use (the free
version) to view all avi files.

http://www.divx.com/divx/

>-----Original Message-----
>After updating to XP, I can no longer view simple AVI
>files!! MediaPlayer 8 gave the message:
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>"No error description could be found for this error
> (ErrorCode = 0x800A017F)."
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>Downloading and installing MediaPlayer 9 did not fix the
>problem. MPEG, WAV etc etc all play fine. I recently
>installed Premiere 6.5 but removing it did not help.
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>What should I be looking for? Can anyone help please?
Thanks...
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