Re: Windows XP SP 2 Operating System Freeze

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I had given up on this, but I just recently upgraded my memory from 512mb to
2 GB, so perhaps I should try again. I'll let you know what happens.

"Joe_B" wrote:

Brian,
Did you get this problem fixed? I'm having the same problem. Just did an
XP Home SP2 upgrade to an ME system. Now the system freezes when I play
media, be it streaming from the web (pandora.com), from a file, or from
the CD. Other than that the system is running fine. I'm hoping I just
need more RAM, and have ordered more. I'm also going to add a HDD so I
can expand the swap file. You never mentioned your system specs so I was
wondering if you looked at memory. Figured I might as well ask while I'm
waiting for my order to come in :)
Joe B


Brian Morris wrote:
MORE INFORMATION

My hard disk crashed which forced a fresh install of everything. I
installed windows 2003 Server SP1 instead of Win XP SP2 and downloaded
Windows Media Player 9. I had the same problem except Win2003Server SP1
didn't crash when the Media Player failed. Unfortunately Media Player 9
froze playing a DVD movie.

I guess its time to get out the old VHS player from the basement. Sigh!

"Brian Morris" wrote:

My machine is running well except for this problem. When playing media (DVD,
CD, Windows Media Player, Real Audio) the operating system freezes. Display
looks normal but no mouse, no CNTL/ALT/DEL response only RESET button will
reboot machine.

I install all windows updates as quickly as I am notified and somewhere
along the line this problem started. Nothing is written to the event logs.

I tried starting Windows in debug mode, and regenerated the error, but the
debugging messages did not write to the event log. Perhaps someone can tell
me where they get written to.

I like to watch webcasts so this problem is very annoying. It started about
6 months ago. I was hoping new updates would replace the file with the
problem but so far no luck.

Does anyone have any idea what might be happening or how to access the debug
log to see the last thing that was loaded. I don't even get a blue screen to
give a hint.

Thank you for your help.

Brian



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