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Cycovision
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Urgh! this is a nasty one 
So exactly what happens when you try to play them? does the app (power DVD, media player et.,) not start at all? Does it hang? Or does it play but you get crap on the screen?
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Mad_Bob
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@ tempsonyfreak
I would reccomend removing all the DVD players etc you have installed, and any codecs that you have installed and do a fresh install, you may have codec conflicts.
Just use the K-Lite codec pack, and windows media player or VLC player.
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rrojas260
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Check if DMA is activated.
Now, i have my own problem. Im trying to set up a personal network but when i go to My network places and select "view computer on my work group" sometimes i can see only my own computer but in the other pc i can see both. This happends in my 3 pcs at home and doesnt seem to be anything to fix it.
Im using XP on all pcs, Wired lan or wiress lan (i cant make it work using wired or wireless), All the pcs are in the same work group.h
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Cycovision
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Sounds like the problem PC sometimes struggles to get an ip address assigned on DHCP.
Next time it happens, click 'start', then 'run' then type in cmd. At the command prompt, type in ipconfig and press enter. This'll show you if your network adapters have been assigned an ip address and default gateway. If it hasn't, type in ipconfig /renew (enter) and see what happens.
Setting the network properties on all three computers to use fixed ip addresses may help.
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rrojas260
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But if i have internet in all pcs, wouldnt i have to let my ISP to asign the Ips?
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Cycovision
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No, there's two basic settings. The ip address of each computer, and the default gateway, which is sort of the 'route' to the internet. It's usually either the ip address of your router, or the ip address that your isp assigns.
If you do ipconfig on one of the machines that is working ok all of the time and note the ip address of the default gateway, then you can manually enter that address in the appropriate field of the network properties dialogue when you assign ip addresses to each individual computer.
To be honest, it sounds like an Operating System problem, bearing in mind that the computer struggles with both wired and wireless networking.
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Kwiksta
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windows media player says something about a codec, and the same thing happens for all the other dvd players...
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slattery69
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sorry did you say you have tried uninstalling them and reinstalling them.
strange it should as for a codec if its dvds as mpeg2 decoder should be there. could understand if they were divx films or something like that.
i know it probably wont help but have you tried media player classic by gabest.org
it will play anything thrown at it if that does nt work have you tried updating microsofts media player see if that can add some codecs that appear to be missing
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p900 lover
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one more question, my cordless mouse has packed up so now im using my 1st ever mice the i got.
iv looked at pc world, and not sure which 1 2 go for. any ideas?
has to be wireless, thats about it. also the keybord i have at the moment is also wireless, will it interfer with my new mouse or not? |
solidsingh
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dont get a cheap one if you play games
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dude_se
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u tried changing batteries of your wireless mouse 
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Cycovision
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Not what you want to hear, but I'd strongly suggest you need a wired mouse. Why has it GOT to be wireless?
There's a very good chance that a wireless mouse could have issues with a wireless keyboard from a different make / package. Apart from the radio side of things, you're gonna have at least one more driver on there which, knowing good old M$, could cause problems.
But my advice would be to keep the wireless keyboard and get a good wired mouse to go with it.
But if you must have a wireless one, price is the indicator. Don't pay less than £30 UK for one.
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JT
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Yup wireless mouses are useless for gaming becasue of poor refresh rates especially in the latest fps games. Just get yourself a top class optical mouse instead.
Try the Microsoft optical blue for around £15
OR
If feeling adventurous and wealthy the Razor copper head will do you fine
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p900 lover
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Yup i changed the baterys, lol but good point.
It doesnt HAVE to be wireless, but it would be nice.
The thing is that i dont really play any games, so im not sure.
I might just get a whole new board and mouse, and sell this keyboard. |
p900 lover
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i was think either this
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/mart[....]ory_oid=-25020&fm=11&sm=4&tm=1
or this
http://www.logitech.com/index[....]S/EN,CRID=2158,CONTENTID=10777
or if u have any other ideas please say.
thanks |
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Posted: 2005-10-06 22:25
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