My .wmv's play fine. Why can't I play .mpg's?

Thanks!

Tammie

In what program?
Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, Windows Media Center, Nero,
iTunes, etc.?


"GW" wrote in message
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My .wmv's play fine. Why can't I play .mpg's?

Thanks!

Tammie

Sorry, these files won't play in windows media player, which launches when I
select a mpg file. They will start playing, but just show a bunch of garbled
mess.

"Dave" wrote:

In what program?
Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, Windows Media Center, Nero,
iTunes, etc.?


"GW" wrote in message
...
My .wmv's play fine. Why can't I play .mpg's?

Thanks!

Tammie

Did you recently get a windows update, I did and now the previous
settings and features are, changed, damaged or disabled, beware! This is
the second time I've had this problem after a windows update so I've
disabled the automatic updates andd hope that I can fix it and block the
updates from resetting my personal features or attacking my pre-existing
media activex files, I'm not the only one saying this, I'm seeing this
comment in google on different sites, and on their site as well, I'm
ticked off because at the time of the update... I was 45 minutes into an
e-mail with attachments and the update nag screen came up, so I clicked
"postpone until later", but it shut down immediatellllllly and I lost
the entire draft with all the attached files.

Now I"m going to try a clean re-install from the vista disk,
(un-install vista and re-install clean), and then do a restore to see if
I can get these presets re-established, if not the I'll go to a
different windows system, this is rediculously wrong and intollerable. I
felt attacked, robbed, and now will probably out some more money to buy
and replace software ruined by the updates.

So I also notice my system was tasking continuously and memory is
almost gone after the update, so just beware, something isn't right, and
I'm not buying any new downloads, thats just wrong!

And No I don't have a virus, got 4 layers of security, Norton,
Stopzilla, Mcaffy, and Defender, it was the update!


--
Busyboy
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

1. You can uninstall the updates that you think are causing the OS trouble.
2. 4 levels of protection? Besides, Vista Defender, only one other
anti-virus/malware protection software is needed. If you really are using 3
other anti-virus softwares, running simutaneously, I can only imagine the
kind of conflicts that are occuring in the background.
3. Yes, sometimes the updates do cause troubles. I have uninstalled one of
them recently. But that was unique to my computer. (Corrupted files on my
OS? Probably.)
4. Updates don't damage system files on sucha massive and consistent basis
as some posters and critics describe. Usually poor third party software or
"fingerpoking" expeditions in Windows files (such as System32) have caused
the trouble.
5. And, yes, you have every right to feel frustrated. Sometimes, MS really
does screw up.

--
oscar

"Right click is a good friend..."


"Busyboy" wrote in message
...

Did you recently get a windows update, I did and now the previous
settings and features are, changed, damaged or disabled, beware! This is
the second time I've had this problem after a windows update so I've
disabled the automatic updates andd hope that I can fix it and block the
updates from resetting my personal features or attacking my pre-existing
media activex files, I'm not the only one saying this, I'm seeing this
comment in google on different sites, and on their site as well, I'm
ticked off because at the time of the update... I was 45 minutes into an
e-mail with attachments and the update nag screen came up, so I clicked
"postpone until later", but it shut down immediatellllllly and I lost
the entire draft with all the attached files.

Now I"m going to try a clean re-install from the vista disk,
(un-install vista and re-install clean), and then do a restore to see if
I can get these presets re-established, if not the I'll go to a
different windows system, this is rediculously wrong and intollerable. I
felt attacked, robbed, and now will probably out some more money to buy
and replace software ruined by the updates.

So I also notice my system was tasking continuously and memory is
almost gone after the update, so just beware, something isn't right, and
I'm not buying any new downloads, thats just wrong!

And No I don't have a virus, got 4 layers of security, Norton,
Stopzilla, Mcaffy, and Defender, it was the update!


--
Busyboy
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com