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jweaver
Guest
I upgraded to XP from 98 a few weeks back and all was good.. But suddenly I have started getting a problem with 'video' playback.
After I switch on or reboot the PC, everything works fine.. But, when i first run ANY kind of video the application locks up, but XP still runs normally.
At first I thought that it had completely locked, as the application would go into a 'Not Responding' state and I couldn't shut it down.
However, one day, I left it.. And it finally responded and the video played..
Then I closed the application normally..
After this, videos will run INSTANTLY and all works normally until I reboot.
After this, the problem returns.
If I play AVI, DVD, MPEG etc using Media Player, Power DVD, etc (Basically ANY video under ANY application) the application will freeze from anything from 1 to 10 mins.
But, as I said before, after its finished what ever it doing, everything is back to normal again.
I have tried EVERYTHING.. I removed applications, removed hardware, upgraded drivers, but nothing I can do can get it back to 'normal' again.
Its not a major problem, as I now run a video when i first boot my PC, wait for it to respond and then carry on.. But i would like to know whats causing this.
As I am doing a lot of video editing and MPEG work, this is a real pain and I would love to fix it.
Does anyone have ANY ideas where to start??
After I switch on or reboot the PC, everything works fine.. But, when i first run ANY kind of video the application locks up, but XP still runs normally.
At first I thought that it had completely locked, as the application would go into a 'Not Responding' state and I couldn't shut it down.
However, one day, I left it.. And it finally responded and the video played..
Then I closed the application normally..
After this, videos will run INSTANTLY and all works normally until I reboot.
After this, the problem returns.
If I play AVI, DVD, MPEG etc using Media Player, Power DVD, etc (Basically ANY video under ANY application) the application will freeze from anything from 1 to 10 mins.
But, as I said before, after its finished what ever it doing, everything is back to normal again.
I have tried EVERYTHING.. I removed applications, removed hardware, upgraded drivers, but nothing I can do can get it back to 'normal' again.
Its not a major problem, as I now run a video when i first boot my PC, wait for it to respond and then carry on.. But i would like to know whats causing this.
As I am doing a lot of video editing and MPEG work, this is a real pain and I would love to fix it.
Does anyone have ANY ideas where to start??