WMP plays AVI file as a still picture

Bill Hobson

OS: Windows XP SP2, WMP 10, then 11, same problem. Gspot says it has correct
CODEC

Here is the real kicker:
The same video works fine on my Vista WMP 11 and on my VMware workstation
Windows XP WMP 9. I thought maybe that the CODEC was missing from her
version 10, so I upgraded it to WMP 11. While still logged in as
administrator, I played the video just fine. Logged out, had the user log
in, same result as before for her - still image. I tried making her an
administrator and playing the file, still not playing. I reinstalled WMP
11as her and tried it again, same result. Logged her out logged in as
administrator and it played fine.

Today, I removed all of the profile stuff for media player from her profile
(C:\Docs & Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Media\*.*
and C:\Docs & Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Windows Media\*.*. There is no change in the problem.

Are there any other configuration files or user-specific registry entries
that might be causing this problem?

Bill Hobson

Turns out that installing for a third time fixed it. Go figure!
"Bill Hobson" <> wrote in message
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> OS: Windows XP SP2, WMP 10, then 11, same problem. Gspot says it has
> correct CODEC
>
> Here is the real kicker:
> The same video works fine on my Vista WMP 11 and on my VMware workstation
> Windows XP WMP 9. I thought maybe that the CODEC was missing from her
> version 10, so I upgraded it to WMP 11. While still logged in as
> administrator, I played the video just fine. Logged out, had the user log
> in, same result as before for her - still image. I tried making her an
> administrator and playing the file, still not playing. I reinstalled WMP
> 11as her and tried it again, same result. Logged her out logged in as
> administrator and it played fine.
>
> Today, I removed all of the profile stuff for media player from her
> profile (C:\Docs & Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
> Media\*.* and C:\Docs & Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Windows Media\*.*. There is no change in the problem.
>
> Are there any other configuration files or user-specific registry entries
> that might be causing this problem?