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Windows 7 Laptop restarts itself whenever I try to play music.
Every time I start playing music (VLC) my laptop restarts. I have been experiencing this for more than a month. Tried reinstalling drivers and even Win7 but nothing seems to help. Previously it used to give me a BSOD restart but since the last time I reinstalled Win7 after formatting the laptop...- thezyklon
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- bsod continuous core 2 duo drivers formatting hardware intel issues laptop music ram reinstall restart safe mode software tech support toshiba ultimate vlc windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Seemingly random crashes
Hello, My computer, which is running Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate has been experiencing random crashes, sometimes while on Youtube, sometimes while watching a video on VLC media player, PowerDVD while playing blu-rays and even occasionally on games. I have tried manually uninstalling my...- graemeakerby
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- 64-bit assistance community crash driver issues frustration gaming graphics card hardware minidump performance powerdvd software system issues troubleshooting update video playback vlc windows 7 youtube video
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Video lag on ALL MEDIA PLAYERS, please help!
so I've been having this issue on my laptop for about a month now. It just started one day and even after reinstalling windows 2 days ago, the problem is still there. Whenever I watch a movie any video format including high quality, mkv files my video lags, the picture just freezes, gets...- ap0calyptic
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- codec codecs laptop issues media player msi cx605 quality sound system video lag vlc windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Yes,you CAN uninstall Windows Media Player and replace it with a player of your choice.
I have broken many rules in terms of computing and will probably continue to do so. For example on Windows computers you are not supposed to remove Internet Explorer web browser.Because if you do,Windows could stop working,but I have removed Internet Explorer and this has not effected my...- Andrea Borman
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- audio default programs gom player internet explorer laptop media player netbook ownership program files registry removal system update uninstall unlocker user friendly video playback vlc windows 7 windows features
- Replies: 38
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Two monitors with different heights weird cursor reaction
[Solved] Two monitors with different heights weird cursor reaction When I shoot my mouse into the red zone (in an attempt to close a maximized window) the mouse cursor keeps traveling and ends up in that yellow area on the second monitor. It's like the cursor acts as if there is no gap in...- Aethernet
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- cursor display settings gaming graphics driver height difference maximized window monitor setup mouse lag multi-monitor resolution restart screen tearing tech support ui lagging user experience vlc window management windows 7
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Dual Monitor and Full Screen Video Problem
Hello, I am using dual monitor software Ultramon and it's working fine with all the folders and software. But when I try to see video by using windows media player or VLC player, the video doesn't fit in dual monitor properly. The video shows in the middle of the two monitors and both monitors...- dotsr
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- display settings media player multi-monitor resolution software compatibility troubleshooting ultramon video playback vlc
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows 7 Change default result for search in start menu
Is there a way to change the default result in start menu when searching for specific keyword? I want that the first program listed will be MediaMonkey when i search for "media" and not VLC media player... (I know i can write "mediamonkey" or go with the arrows, but that's not acceptable for me;))- Itai Koren
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- configuration default programs mediamonkey search search results user preferences vlc windows 10 windows 11 windows settings
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- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows 7 Another thread about high CPU usage
Hi, I realise there are a million of these threads on here about CPU usage but I have checked several and they don't seem to fix my issue. Basically my CPU usage hits 100% a lot. Usually I am not doing much. Listening to Itunes and using firefox or vlc player. All of a sudden the sound becomes...- dancore
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- computing cpu usage defrag distorted sound drivers dual core firefox high cpu itunes laptop memory performance process resource monitor system performance tech support toshiba troubleshooting vlc windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Volume Mixer Mutes Google Chrome
I suddenly ran into a problem last night with sound. At first, VLC wouldn't produce any sound, although I later solved that by simply realizing it had somehow become muted in the Windows 7 volume mixer. Shortly after that, Chrome's sound also stopped working. It, too, was muted in the volume...- TheSmokingManX
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- 64-bit audio issues audio settings browser sound chrome mixer mute troubleshooting vlc windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 My computer freezes all the time
I have a serious and very annoying problem.Ever, since I got Windows 7, whenever watching a movie it freezes (once every 10 minutes, for 3-4 seconds). Also, last night, I found freezess when I listen to music and I'm not a computer, so I guess this is due to some safety mode or something because...- lubaka91
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- afk issues codec computer issues freezing hard drive performance power settings security software spyware task management troubleshooting user experience video playback vlc windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows Media Player
Win 7 Pro media player has no video. Skin and audio work. VLC media player works fine. DVD is a commercial movie. Suggestions? Thanx- SilverDollar
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- audio compatibility dvd media player troubleshooting video video playback vlc windows windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 (Not BSOD) WMPlayer hangs, intermittently, inconsistently, unpredictably
Is there another section in this forum for discussing apps hanging, rather than causing a BSOD? Or is this the right place? Operating System: MS Windows 7 Pro 64-bit CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz RAM: 9.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz 7-7-7-20 Motherboard: DELL Inc. 0X501H (CPU 1) Graphics...- highmeadowhiker
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- application hang audio drivers configuration corruption device manager file compatibility intermittent media formats media player movie maker mpg files nvidia drivers server execution failed system performance task manager troubleshooting video playback vlc windows 7 windows update
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Widows media player 12
Hello everyone I have a problem and wondered if anyone can help please. I have just purchased a Canon digital camera with a movie function which seems to save in .mov format. Not a problem as such but all my previous video files are mpegs which come from my Sony handy cam, I haven't installed...- gardnerman
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- audio issues camera codec digital video file compatibility media player mov files mpeg video playback vlc
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Generic USB Audio randomly crash with a loud PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Well, the another thread was completely distorted so I open this thread to see if we can solve this... The problem: - While using the computer the generic USB audio crash "randomly" with a loud sound like PFFFFFF!!! - I'm using a USB genius headset HS-03U and the generic USB drivers from...- Zequez
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- audio formats audio issues computer crash device manager driver update drivers generic drivers headset low end computer media player netbook pffffff signal distortion troubleshooting usb audio video playback vlc windows 7 xmplay
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Graphics Card Issue - Random crashes (I think)
Hi guys, I recently upgraded my GPU to an ATI Radeon HD 5750 and have been having some issues with it, or perhaps the drivers. I have ensured that the latest drivers are installed and have tried a few solutions suggested on the web, such as cleaning my registry and reinstalling the graphics...- graemeakerby
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- black screen civilization crash dragon age drivers gaming graphics card hwmonitor overclocking pc build performance radeon recovery registry solutions temperature troubleshooting upgrade vlc
- Replies: 18
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 External HDD: Move/Copy/Delete/Etc: Error 0x8007045D I/O device error
Hi there, I did a search on google and through these forums search function but all I can seem to find are topics about vista and backing up problems, and a few things about install problems. I did find a link to a microsoft hotfix for my problem, but it was only for specifically 4GB+ of Ram...- noodles355
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- backup data recovery dell studio disk management drive issues error external drive file access file transfer formatting hardware issues i/o error media files ntfs seagate system lockup usb issues vlc windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 LG 42LH3000 Windows 7 driver
Hi I have just purchased an LG 42LH3000 TV to replace my older Philips 32". I have a HTPC running Windows 7 Prof 32bit. The Philips 32" lcd was plugged in HDMI to HDMI and recognised fine in device manager with my setup. I was using Roxio CineplayerBD to play my DVDs and Blu-rays without a...- thewoodies
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- blu-ray cineplayer codec copy protection device manager drivers dvd issues family use hdcp compliance hdmi home theater htpc lg tv media player monitor nvidia drivers tech support video playback vlc windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 VLC Media Player, Recently used files not showing up???
Link Removed due to 404 Error As you can see, the little black arrow is there but no matter how many times I click it I can't see the recently used files. Link Removed due to 404 Error The same thing affects the taskbar menu (or whatever you call it), only these two options are available...- zirkoni
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- bug recently used software update system issues troubleshooting video playback vlc windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 video / audio issue
OS: Win7 Ultimate problem: local media files are loaded by player (VLC, WMP, Winamp, Quicktime) but not played. (during first 2 minutes the computer is on, the file will play for 1-3 seconds then stop) streamed media displays video, but no audio. (tried...- Hegazi
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- audio issues avg cc cleaner codecs directx driver update formatting hardware check norton quicktime streaming issues system restore video issues video playback virus detection vlc winamp windows 7 windows update wmp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 NEC Optiarc SATA DVD Will Not Play DVDs (WMP) or Install Games
Hi; I am having an annoying problem with my Dual Boot PC. My NEC AD-7124S SATA DVD DL RW works fine in Windows Xp but will not play DVDs in Windows 7 or install games from DVDs. I have an Abit AN-M2HD with a Geforce 9800GT Gfx Card and my display is a Toshiba 32 Inch Regza connected via...- JonnyAlpha
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- abit an-m2hd bios codec drivers dual boot dvd drive dvi to vga firmware gaming graphics card hardware compatibility media player nec optiarc nforce drivers system freeze task manager troubleshooting vlc windows 7 windows xp
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Hardware