Re: Windows media player freeze
- From: brettdille@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 13 May 2005 10:53:23 -0700
Go to the File menu and choose "Work Offline". This is the only thing
that worked for me after trying just about every discussion thread I
could find. Good thing too, I was about to take a sledgehammer to my
laptop if i had to hard reboot one more time. Special thanks to Zachd
for putting that page together, I just started trying random
suggestions and got lucky. I also uninstalled Norton and removed all
Non-Microsoft Codecs that I could find. When I'm feeling lucky I'll
start putting them back on and let you all know if it causes more
problems.
I use WMP 10 on a Toshiba Satelite Pro with the following specs:
XP Pro SP2, 1.1 Centrino, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, nVidia GeForce, Norton AV
05
Best,
Brett
Major Neptune wrote:
> Thanks, I am going to "dismantle" the machine that has problems
software
> wise, format the c: drive and start from scratch. As I bring it back
up I
> will start testing after every major program installation to
determine where
> the problem lies. I have a feeling you might be correct in your
assesment of
> the situation that norton is the issue. My other machine does not
have an
> antivirus program on it yet and I get streaming video just fine
there.
>
> My problem machine needs a cleaning anyway....LOL
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Major Neptune
>
> "ernie" wrote:
>
> > Its Norton. Antivirus is scanning the files as you try to use
them. It is
> > most likely that or your firewall, the security processes running
on your
> > system are busy trying to make sure your system is safe by
aggressively
> > searching every file or at least making explorer jump through hoops
to access
> > them. Some of these protocols can be in place even when the
processes are
> > not running, since the firewall and antivirus alter the processes
of windows
> > components themselves somehow. To check if they are interfering,
try
> > completely uninstalling the AV, then the Firewall, one at a time or
both, and
> > compare the performance.
> >
> > "Major Neptune" wrote:
> >
> > > I have the same problem. I have 2 machines that are set up almost
> > > identically. My primary computer has a couple additional services
running
> > > that I feel may be interfering with the computers acceptance of
the signal.
> > > In order to try to work a resolution it may be helpful if we can
compare
> > > things that may be running in the background that may cause this.
> > >
> > > I am on a broadband connection, running Windows 2000 service pack
4, using
> > > Version 9 of the Media Player. I am running Sygates Personal
Firewall, the
> > > Beta version of Microsofts Anti Spyware and Nortion Anti-virus.
> > >
> > > I will get into more details if I get someone to reply to this
who is
> > > willing to see if we have something in common that may be causing
it. It
> > > could be as simple as a version of a driver for a video card that
hangs when
> > > the codec is loaded. But until we compare we won't know.
> > >
> > > I am recieving replys to this thread and will be looking forward
to possibly
> > > finding a solution with someone
> > >
> > > "Stephen" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Im a bit perplexed. For about 2 weeks, windows media
> > > > player has become completely unusable. Upon loading the
> > > > media player screen, i get a complete system hang. This
> > > > also happens when I browse to a web page using windows
> > > > streaming video. Complete system freeze. Any ideas?
> > > >
.
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