video playback

when i try and do a windows performance index in windows 7 ultimate it says it cannot rate my computer because it cant do a video playback performance test. I have a toshiba sattelite laptop thank you-jeffhendo45

Updates Windows 7-based computers to fix a problem in which a black rectangle appears on the secondary screen when you run Windows Media Center in full-screen mode on the primary screen. Link Removed

Hello. I just did a complete restoration of my hard drive. I have Win7 64. I'm having problems with Adobe Flash Player on IE 9. It works on some web pages like youtube, but not on some others. I have the local news channel's weather page, and where the weather map is suppose to be, it tries...

Hello, i just arrived to this forum. this is my first post. I'm here because i'm tired to search solutions to my problem. I hope u guys can help me. I have just bougth a new pc (HP Z 600 Workstation - intel xeon 2.4Ghz (2 processors) 12GB RAM) and i'm using windows 7 professional 64 bit. I'm...

My operating system is Windows 7 and I'm not a computer smart as I want to be. I'm preparing a powerpoint presentation for Veteran's Day with Office Pro 2010 and I use youtube videos in them. When I download them I convert them to Windows Media Video (V.7WMV) so I can play my presentation...

I have tried programs such as POWER DVD and it still doesn't make the cut when it comes to Blue Ray. It seems like most programs cannot keep up with the newer Codecs being released. I am just looking for a highly reccomended Free or Pay software. Thanks! Kevin

Hi So may computer has recently started giving me the BSOD. The laptop was new store built about 2 months, BSOD only started about 1 week ago, and has happened several times. It's mainly when using BBC iPlayer to watch videos, but also when using Spotify and once when I tried to empty the...

Hi all, thanks in advance for any help you can offer. First, my system information: Windows 7, 64-bit, SP1 Sony VAIO VPCEB11FD laptop ACER P236H monitor I originally had the monitor connected via standard VGA cables. I now have a HDMI to DVI connector, which I bought to try and correct the...

I have done a fresh install of win 7. I noticed that it hangs while playing videos through WMP12. Now, I only play wmv files through wmp and it does not hang.... at least for now. While playing flv file through jetvideo, win 7 again hanged. What could be the issue ? any insight please !

Fixes an issue in which Hardware-accelerated video playback stops responding for more than 10 seconds and then runs fast in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7. Link Removed

At the moment I'm putting my vast DVD collection onto an external HDD (around 600 DVDS) using DVDFab. You know the drills , remove all the crappy ads , copyright warnings and the rest of the junk. I just want the films and nothing else. So, what's the best option for me ? Buy a "media player"...

Hello I have problems with Windows 7 Ultimate x86. It freeze when i watch videos on YouTube, and i must restart my PC to continue working. When PC restarts, it show me message: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 10266 Additional...

Consider the following scenario: You have a computer connected to an external monitor using a DisplayPort connection. When playing back encrypted (protected) content in Windows 7 Media Center, you may see the following error: Display driver error – the... Link Removed

So up until a few weeks ago my comp has been working flawlessly. I went on vaction for a week and came back turned by comp on and got a beep error code. I took out and reseated my ram and all was good for (close to a month) until this week. My computer went haywire was crashing non-stop BSOD or...

Ok so I'm on a Toshiba Satellite Pro L650 with an ATI Radeon HD 5650. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium. Every time I watch an online video, or run one through Windows Media Player, I get these weird glitches on my screen. Sometimes it's just a bunch of little red and green dots flashing around...

Hey all, I am new to windows 7. I received this computer from a friend in a trade and ran my virus scan and all to make sure it was clean. The only problem I am having is that the computer originally came with windows vista, he upgraded it to 7, and when he did that installed a flight...

Link RemovedLink RemovedLink RemovedLink RemovedLink Removed I think the problem is related to my graphics drivers. I persistently have issues with atikmpag.sys and atikmdag.sys. It has happened from the start and I finally am fed up with it. It can happen during web browsing. Playing video...

Hello everyone, I just joined today. I didn't know who to ask or where to go to get info on Windows 7 so I thought I'd try here. I am no computer genius and I need help. I recently had Windows 7 installed on my PC and now I when I try to maximize a video on You Tube or a game on FB my computer...

Hello, recently I got some problem with my win7. Yesterday I downloaded 2 MKV files and I can't click/right-click on them as it shows error message "Windows explorer has stopped working", then I've been given 2 options : Check for solution or Restart the program. And it lags so much when the...

Hi all, I don't have the specific information at hand as I am not at the BSOD PC. I will try to upload the error log as soon as I can. I was wondering in the meantime if anyone out there has had similar issues? I am overclocking my CPU (2600k with Asus mobo) but it runs rock solid stable under...