Why does my computer shut down when I open a video using Windows Media Player?
81912
Hav u tried opening video files with other players? Like mayb winamp or real player?\nHow about when u try to run some computer game? Does the game run without any glitches?\nIf u experience any problem using these applications, u might want to troubleshoot ur graphics card. If this isnt xactly ur cup of cake then i suggest u take ur system back to whr u bought it from and ask them to repair or replace it for u.\nAs u said that it was new, u probably still are in the warranty period so u wont hav to pay anything.\nHope this helps
991855
I used to have that happen.  I just gave up on it and started to use something called VLC Media Player.  It is free, just search www.download.com for it.  It can play anything and everything, it is quite possibly THE best media player out there :)\nOR go to Microsoft.com and get support from them directly, who better to answer a question then the manufacturer?
1050007
You need to reconstruct the videos PROVIDING THEY ARE LEGAL AND NOT VIOLATING ANY COPYRIGHT LAWS. You cannot play just a Info file.....\nTry using the DIVX player for the Mpg4 vids...\nhttp://www.divx.com this will also install the DIVX codec with your windows mediaplayer.
452506
You have a corrupt installer which has not registered itself properly with the codecs present in your system.\nYou can only download a fresh copy for it to work properly.\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx
247675
It may be missing some codecs. I would download and install is again. It will install over the old version and repair any problems.\n\nYou can get it here - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx\n\nI just checked an AVI on Windows Media Player version 10 on my computer & it played fine.
1047749
It is shutting down. Your computer just takes a long time to shut down. Maybe it has many processes active or you need to cleanup your files.
1032781
The main problem is you have to install sp2 on your winodws, or it will not work.\nI don't know the bug, because i play video just fine with MP 11
522378
You have a problem with media player, and it could be any of a number of things.  Usually it's a problem of running out of space.  Empty temporary internet files (use cleanup) and run defrag.  Do you get any specific error messages?
749644
Un-install the BS Player 4 sure.   \n\nTry using the mplay2.exe, it uses Windows MCI to play AVI files, if you get nothing you know that windows multimedia has been corrupted.\n\nInstall the Nemo codec pack, it contains lots of standard codecs.\nIn your case it'd be best to start fresh, so try restoring your registry to before the power failure happened.
977129
What operating system are you using? I had these problems when using windows 95-98 which didnt manage the processes very well. But windows NT and later are ok in this. \n\nThe new versions of winamp and especially the windows media player is a memory/cpu hog! Try something more light such as winamp version 2 or vlc!\n\ngood luck!
855474
It could be that the person who sent you the file is using\nQuick Time Player with WMV plug-in, this does cause some\nproblem. The only solution, is to drag the file to desktop,\nopen your Windows Media Player and click on "open file"\nthen choose the desired file (which may have the QTP logo\nwith the letters wmv under) and it will open normally. When the\nvideo is finished the QTP logo will have changed automatically\nto the yellow and blue Windows logo. The reason for this? The\nQTP+wmv url does not match a direct WMV url, at least this is\nthe message I receive when opening directly. I use a iMAC OSX\nTiger, so I may be wrong, but it is worth trying. Good luck pal.
1034457
disable ur norton...go to microsoft.com download encoder files for u media player..is great possibility  ur norton is not reconizng ur files as files and thinking it is a threat so disable norton as u download encoder files then try again...if this fails un-install to re-install ...win media player u have dll file screwed up...a personal note: get rid of norton before it crashes ur computer..read yahoo tech page for norton faults and debugging worse program on the market...this is just my opinion....cya
1139231
Try to find out what the Codec is. Sometimes the video maybe a dummy without a header code, thus being generally unplayable by any computer.\n\nI suggest if you know anything about PC programming, get a HEX editor and check the header code for the Codec format. That takes a lot of work and I only suggest it if you have no other option. P2P programs like Limewire are becoming increasingly less helpful now that the media bigwigs are cramping down on us.
577817
Try reinstalling your original Windows Media Player.  If that doesn't work you may try to download another version of the Windows Media Player which should include the proper codecs needed to function correctly.
191595
Go to microsofts site and reinstall media player.\nYour version may be corrupted.
584070
Sounds like you have too many things running at the one time on your PC. Try using Media P. on it's own.
24499
Hi,\nIt generally happens that due to power failure or any other Disk I/O error, windows does not successfully close the files. In such a case, it considers them as lost file fragments and converts them all to .CHK extension with a trucated length.\nYou may be able to play the songs (though I have never seen such a thing happening). So, the best thing you can do is to change the extensions manually to .mp3 and continue using the files as you did earlier on.\n\nTo prevent any such incidences in future, always shut down your PC and dont switch is off directly.\nUse a UPS if possible