Media Players are crashing 98

[Victor]

Just recently I have been having problems with my media players (WMP v.7,
MPclassic). Every time I load them and try to play a file, they hang and
then I must reboot windows. I've tried updating my video driver,
un-installing and re-installing the players and even restoring the registry
from a few days ago. I have all the most recent windows98 updates and the
most current IE/updates. Short of a windows over-install/repair can anyone
suggest a fix? Thanks.

[Ron Badour]

Have you run recent scans with up to date antivirus and spyware programs?

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Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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"Victor" > wrote in message
...
> Just recently I have been having problems with my media players (WMP v.7,
> MPclassic). Every time I load them and try to play a file, they hang and
> then I must reboot windows. I've tried updating my video driver,
> un-installing and re-installing the players and even restoring the
> registry
> from a few days ago. I have all the most recent windows98 updates and the
> most current IE/updates. Short of a windows over-install/repair can
> anyone
> suggest a fix? Thanks.

[Victor]

Yes to both. No problems.


"Ron Badour" wrote:

> Have you run recent scans with up to date antivirus and spyware programs?
>
> --
> Regards
>
>
> Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
> Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> Knowledge Base Info:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
>
>
> "Victor" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Just recently I have been having problems with my media players (WMP v.7,
> > MPclassic). Every time I load them and try to play a file, they hang and
> > then I must reboot windows. I've tried updating my video driver,
> > un-installing and re-installing the players and even restoring the
> > registry
> > from a few days ago. I have all the most recent windows98 updates and the
> > most current IE/updates. Short of a windows over-install/repair can
> > anyone
> > suggest a fix? Thanks.
>
>
>

[glee]

Have you recently installed any third-party codecs for playing media types?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Victor" > wrote in message
...
> Yes to both. No problems.
>
>
> "Ron Badour" wrote:
>
> > Have you run recent scans with up to date antivirus and spyware programs?
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
> > Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> > Knowledge Base Info:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
> >
> >
> >
> > "Victor" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Just recently I have been having problems with my media players (WMP v.7,
> > > MPclassic). Every time I load them and try to play a file, they hang and
> > > then I must reboot windows. I've tried updating my video driver,
> > > un-installing and re-installing the players and even restoring the
> > > registry
> > > from a few days ago. I have all the most recent windows98 updates and the
> > > most current IE/updates. Short of a windows over-install/repair can
> > > anyone
> > > suggest a fix? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >

[Victor]

No

"glee" wrote:

> Have you recently installed any third-party codecs for playing media types?
> --
> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Victor" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Yes to both. No problems.
> >
> >
> > "Ron Badour" wrote:
> >
> > > Have you run recent scans with up to date antivirus and spyware programs?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
> > > Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> > > Knowledge Base Info:
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Victor" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Just recently I have been having problems with my media players (WMP v.7,
> > > > MPclassic). Every time I load them and try to play a file, they hang and
> > > > then I must reboot windows. I've tried updating my video driver,
> > > > un-installing and re-installing the players and even restoring the
> > > > registry
> > > > from a few days ago. I have all the most recent windows98 updates and the
> > > > most current IE/updates. Short of a windows over-install/repair can
> > > > anyone
> > > > suggest a fix? Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>

[Victor]

Just out of curiosity I installed wmp version 6.4 and the same happened.
Tried to load a video clip and it wouldn't, then when I tried to close the
app, system crashed.

[dadiOH]

Victor wrote:
> Just out of curiosity I installed wmp version 6.4 and the same
> happened. Tried to load a video clip and it wouldn't, then when I
> tried to close the app, system crashed.

What happened, exactly? Any error message? What? BSOD? What message?
Or did everything just become non-responsive?

If the later, you might try repairing Internet Explorer. Yes, I know
that it isn't germaine vis a vis media players but it is hooked in with
Windows Explorer which manages all sort of opening/closing, etc. You
can get at the repair option via MS System Information, Tools.


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dadiOH
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[Victor]

Everything just became unresponsive. I tried your suggestion of doing the IE
repair, but no luck. Same thing happened.


"dadiOH" wrote:

> Victor wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity I installed wmp version 6.4 and the same
> > happened. Tried to load a video clip and it wouldn't, then when I
> > tried to close the app, system crashed.
>
> What happened, exactly? Any error message? What? BSOD? What message?
> Or did everything just become non-responsive?
>
> If the later, you might try repairing Internet Explorer. Yes, I know
> that it isn't germaine vis a vis media players but it is hooked in with
> Windows Explorer which manages all sort of opening/closing, etc. You
> can get at the repair option via MS System Information, Tools.
>
>
> --
>
> dadiOH
> ____________________________
>
> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
> ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
>
>
>

[glee]

I suggest you pursue this in one of the mediaplayer groups.

news:microsoft.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplay er
news:microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Victor" > wrote in message
...
> Just out of curiosity I installed wmp version 6.4 and the same happened.
> Tried to load a video clip and it wouldn't, then when I tried to close the
> app, system crashed.
>
>
>