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JOSE
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 Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: Wierd a*** windows XP problem. |
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not sure when this first started, and its got me screwed as to whats causing it
When i righclick on or, select then ctrl-c or ctrl-x a video file my screen goes blank for a second almost like its changing screen modes, the length of the blank varies each time, (from quicker than you can see to almost 1/5 a second), sometimes it will be accompanied by the "explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close dialogue" and while DEP was turned on for explorer id quite often get a warning dialogue from it too. Ive tried disabling DEP (boot.ini switch) to no effect.
im running winXP SP2 (with latest updates), and have recently been playing registry funny buggers (but im using my pre problem .reg file now) and ive also ran system restore in the last few days (due to registry funny buggers).
once again, i love computers! |
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cooki_monsta
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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FORMAT!!!!!!!!! then install linux  |
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xf_man
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| sell it and buy an imac |
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JOSE
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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god damn nerds, i dont have the countless hours needed to find all the drivers to install linux, and my family may start to think i was turning gay if i got a mac.
i may end up just re installing windows, ive done about 10 windows installs this month, my family/friends come up to me with some obscure problem (like mine  ) i nearly always just suggest that i come over and re install windows for them! |
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Krytox
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I gather you don't have a ATi card
use older Nvidia drivers,
Fixed up my issue
then it came back... !
now I use a media frontend player
doesn't worry me |
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ARRR LINUX, MAC, REINSTALL!!!!
as for me im a ATI and Intel fan.
Soon getting the new Intel 975 chipset with a 3.8, 4 gig of ram, 2 x 250 SATA II, Raptor, DVD burner, Thermal take case (yet to be decided) and of course the new X1900s in crossfire.
Cant wait to get it
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cooki_monsta
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| lol i dont use linux either jose, for that exact reason, just format n reinstall, fixes all of windows dramas and remember with a convertable, the description "our hardware runs better without windows" always applies |
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ch0c0
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: |
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sounds to me like you have an ongoing registry issue.
id either format as suggested, try a windows repair install, or try restoring the registry to an original state.
This has the benefit of being like a windows reinstlal by getting rid of all that crap, only it doesnt get rid of any data |
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ruthless
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:11 am Post subject: |
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when you right click or select video file to cut or copy, windows by default attempts to load a preview of the video file, and in the process calls on a file called shmedia.dll
theres a fair few things that could be making your screen blank off then on, but obviously something in this file might be making it happen...
i would suggest disabling the whole preview functionality by going start/run, typing "cmd" to open a command prompt, and typing this in the window:
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
If this stuffs something up or doesnt work, you can always re-enable it by typing
regsvr32 shmedia.dll
if that doesnt work i've had luck deleting the "default" value in the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
also deleting this key can disable shmedia.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32
remember to make a system restore point or write down what you delete just incase you wanna go back to the way it was...
on the case of your screen blanking, it sounds funny but make sure if you have a fan on your graphics card that its spinning (ive seen this happen on overheating graphics cards where the fans have stopped due to excess dust), or also try downloading and installing the latest drivers
... or just move to linux
let me know how it goes |
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hans hartman
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:20 am Post subject: Wierd a*** windows XP problem. |
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hi, try a defrag-hard drive,then xp-repair,up date all drivers for system,if you use system mechanic or similar to remove crap and temp files,also viruis checker,im on line almost all the time-1500\250 have about 9 hack attacks a week,-hans  |
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JOSE
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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ill try booting with a win98 boot disk and copying "shmedia.dll" from a known good source (XP SP2 folder)
and see what happens |
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ruthless
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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thats a good idea.. but if your harddrive is NTFS (which it probably is), then a win98 boot disk wont be able to read the partition...
boot from the the xp sp2 cd you have, and choose R to enter the recovery console.. its just like dos but will read ntfs
also i just thought of something, in windows, go start/run and type "cmd" to get into command prompt window, then type "sfc /scannow" without the quotes then hit enter. it'l load a system file checker which checks the integrity of every system file, and if it finds modified or corrupt files it asks for the xp cd to replace them... its fixed a lot of problems in the past |
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JOSE
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| damn, didnt think of the NTFS issue (that coulda caused some head scratching) ill try the scan thing you said, and then the recovery console |
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| Uninstall ur video codecs and reinstall them. Fixed my issue. |
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