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Fonzie684
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_ 		15. March 2007 @ 20:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi there everyone!

I have a bit of a strange problem:
Whenever i try to play a video file (AVI,MPG etc) my PC slows down to a terrible pace. The task manager reports a CPU usage of 100% and until I end the task thats trying to run the vid the whole of my system is like a 80486 running Windows XP :)

any suggestions?

Fonzie
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tuxbox
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_ 		17. March 2007 @ 07:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
when your playing video are you running any other tasks?? because that could be the problem.

may the Fonz be with you.
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Fonzie684
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_ 		17. March 2007 @ 22:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nope no other tasks than normal system tasks, and the slowing down is REALLY annoying. Plus the vid doesn't show at all!

Fonzie
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Corypolo
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_ 		21. March 2007 @ 10:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If I didn't know any better (and I don't), I'd suspect an issue/conflict with codecs loading; and I'm only assuming you're using Windows Media Player to play back content. Final guess: you're likely trying to play back videos downloaded from the internet.

I'd suggest trying VLC Player; it's prepackaged with a host of codecs.

Ideally, that should resolve both the conflict and the no-video problem, but it won't fix WMP (that is, if you're using it).
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Fonzie684
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_ 		24. March 2007 @ 06:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok guys I got a solution from somewhere else. I just needed to install my AGP drivers for the MB and all is well again!!
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