XP has stopped playing videos

gsf600y · 13 May 2006 at 21:21

I'm running XP Pro.

Recently, if I play any videos (AVI/DIVX/XVID/etc), the program I try to play them in crashes (Winamp/WMP/Media Player Classic).
I'd installed a couple of DVD burning products recently, which might have caused it, but I've uninstalled them now.

I've reinstalled WMP, Media Player classic, and also K-Lite codec pack.

Anyone got any ideas? You're my last resort before I reinstall Windows, which I really don't want to do!

Thanks

uknorthboy · 14 May 2006 at 08:57

Well if your about to re-install xp then maybe try this first.

How to go about Repairing Windows XP
1. Put your Windows XP Install CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Reboot your computer.
3. Let your system boot off of the CD.
4. Let the Setup go through the first part of the Installation procedure.
5. When you come to the screen in which it says "Welcome to Setup." press Enter to Setup Windows XP.
6. Press F8 to agree to the End User License.
7. Let the Setup search your system for previous versions of Windows.
8. When the Setup is finished searching your system, select your Windows XP Installation and press the R key on your keyboard to start the Repair Procedure.

This is the part that might make you nervous . The Setup will delete all major system files and then replace them with new copies.

You will have to download all of the updates from Microsoft Windows Update again because it replaces the files.

Don't worry, your user data is still intact. Nothing has been lost, nothing has been deleted. Your data is safe, just the OS has been repaired, so relax.

There is nothing to worry about as long as you follow the steps to repairing Windows XP.

Raumarik · 14 May 2006 at 09:49

Any error codes in event viewer that give clues?

gsf600y · 14 May 2006 at 10:24

Only thing that appears in Event Viewer is the application error for Winamp or Media player etc, and that only says:
Faulting application whatever.exe, version x.x.x.x, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

I'll try out the repairing of XP option I think - I've spent long enough reinstalling all kinds of things now (drivers/applications/codecs).

Thanks for looking though guys, and thanks for instructions northboy