WMP 11 not playing vids, only visualisations

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From: DR <DR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:41:02 -0700

I just got a new PC and installed WMP 11 (old PC had 10) and it plays some
videos and not others. I downloaded the latest codecs from MS site and DIVX.
I only see visualizations play. (WMP 10 played all vids)
Apple Quicktime plays the vids but not WMP.
Files are MPG's.

DR
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