Aggravating Video Problem

[Viperz]

Hi all,

I have recently started having strange problems with video files and they
used to be playable with no problems what-so-ever. I would double-click on
the video... Windows Media Player loads and begins loading the video
"Connecting"... then the mouse slows down then the computer hangs and locks
up.

Even stranger, when I do get security dialog (Ctrl+Alt+Del) to come up...
the video plays just fine cause I can hear it in the background. I also have
codecs installed from "Cole2k Media - Codec Pack V5.58 Advanced"
(http://www.cole2k.net/?display=CP-A)

The OS is a fresh reinstall... I have tried reverting to an older video
driver and nothing... tried updating codecs and nothing... reinstalled Media
Player and nothing... considered corrupted video files but they were fine a
couple of days ago and I know of nothing that would of corrupted them. I'm
really at a loss on this one... any help would be appreciated.

System Profile
P4 2.4c GHz
1 GB RAM
nVidia 6600GT GPU (78.01 drivers)
Windows XP Pro (SP2 + all essential MS hotfixes)

- Viperz

--
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[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

I never install any codec 'packs'. I install ONLY the correct codec that
the video file needs.

With which codec was this AVI file encoded?
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Viperz" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> I have recently started having strange problems with video files and they
> used to be playable with no problems what-so-ever. I would double-click on
> the video... Windows Media Player loads and begins loading the video
> "Connecting"... then the mouse slows down then the computer hangs and
> locks up.
>
> Even stranger, when I do get security dialog (Ctrl+Alt+Del) to come up...
> the video plays just fine cause I can hear it in the background. I also
> have codecs installed from "Cole2k Media - Codec Pack V5.58 Advanced"
> (http://www.cole2k.net/?display=CP-A)
>
> The OS is a fresh reinstall... I have tried reverting to an older video
> driver and nothing... tried updating codecs and nothing... reinstalled
> Media Player and nothing... considered corrupted video files but they were
> fine a couple of days ago and I know of nothing that would of corrupted
> them. I'm really at a loss on this one... any help would be appreciated.
>
> System Profile
> P4 2.4c GHz
> 1 GB RAM
> nVidia 6600GT GPU (78.01 drivers)
> Windows XP Pro (SP2 + all essential MS hotfixes)
>
> - Viperz
>
> --
> # Customer: "I can't seem to send any email."
> # Tech Support: "What are you doing to send it?"
> # Customer: "I write it down on a piece of paper, slide it into the slot
> on the front of my computer, and click on 'send mail'."
>

[Viperz]

I figured out what was wrong, I downloaded AGP drivers for my motherboard
and that fixed it. Thank you for your time though.


"Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
>I never install any codec 'packs'. I install ONLY the correct codec that
>the video file needs.
>
> With which codec was this AVI file encoded?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "Viperz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have recently started having strange problems with video files and they
>> used to be playable with no problems what-so-ever. I would double-click
>> on the video... Windows Media Player loads and begins loading the video
>> "Connecting"... then the mouse slows down then the computer hangs and
>> locks up.
>>
>> Even stranger, when I do get security dialog (Ctrl+Alt+Del) to come up...
>> the video plays just fine cause I can hear it in the background. I also
>> have codecs installed from "Cole2k Media - Codec Pack V5.58 Advanced"
>> (http://www.cole2k.net/?display=CP-A)
>>
>> The OS is a fresh reinstall... I have tried reverting to an older video
>> driver and nothing... tried updating codecs and nothing... reinstalled
>> Media Player and nothing... considered corrupted video files but they
>> were fine a couple of days ago and I know of nothing that would of
>> corrupted them. I'm really at a loss on this one... any help would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> System Profile
>> P4 2.4c GHz
>> 1 GB RAM
>> nVidia 6600GT GPU (78.01 drivers)
>> Windows XP Pro (SP2 + all essential MS hotfixes)
>>
>> - Viperz
>>
>> --
>> # Customer: "I can't seem to send any email."
>> # Tech Support: "What are you doing to send it?"
>> # Customer: "I write it down on a piece of paper, slide it into the slot
>> on the front of my computer, and click on 'send mail'."
>>
>
>