windows media player freezing

catford

Can anyone explain why wmp freezes my pc when I have the visualisation on.:eek:
I am using xp home with sp2 on an acer T120E.
I have to turn the power off to get it rebooted.
Do I need to upgrade?? Any help welcome.

thomas01155

Do you have the latest windows media player? http://www.filehippo.com/download_windows_media_player/
maybe your computer cant run it

catford

thomas01155 wrote: »

Do you have the latest windows media player? http://www.filehippo.com/download_windows_media_player/
maybe your computer cant run it

Yes, I'm using wmp 11 which i think is the latest--so what do I need to install to run it

foreversomeday

You need to roll back to the previous version. Go into Add & Remove Programs on control panel, and remove media player. It will roll back to version 10, and hopefully solve the problem.

It's best to create a system restore point before you do this just in case it gets worse, but that is unlikely.

thomas01155

catford wrote: »

Yes, I'm using wmp 11 which i think is the latest--so what do I need to install to run it

Have you got the latest drivers for your graphics card?

catford

thomas01155 wrote: »

Have you got the latest drivers for your graphics card?

It didn't work:eek:--I rolled back to wmp 10 but the system still freezes up after a few tracks :mad:
Any more suggestions please????

Donnie

Just goes to show that you shouldn't believe all that you read....

On your keyboard, press the Flying Windows key together with Pause Break. This will indicate how much RAM you have installed in your machine.
If it is 256MB or less, give yourself a rap on the knuckles and purchase some more, here.

If your budget does not stretch that far, try here or here.

Donnie

Here are the drivers in case you need them.

catford

Donnie wrote: »

Here are the drivers in case you need them.

Hi- I have 1.46gb of ram so no slap needed there, and I think I am already using those drivers. Would they have been updated? this machine is nearly 3yrs old. If they have, which would I need .

Donnie

catford wrote: »

Hi- I have 1.46gb of ram so no slap needed there, and I think I am already using those drivers. Would they have been updated? this machine is nearly 3yrs old. If they have, which would I need .

Slap? I mentioned only a rap.

Lots about this online, try a few options: http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-xp-support/157757-windows-media-player-freezing-computer.html

catford

Donnie wrote: »

Slap? I mentioned only a rap.

Lots about this online, try a few options: http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-xp-support/157757-windows-media-player-freezing-computer.html

No slapping or rapping here--even wmp 10 is freezing up:eek: Oh well-back to the good old stereo:o