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    Vista Problem!!

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by smalss, Jan 22, 2007.

  1. smalss

    smalss Notebook Consultant

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    I have had Vista installed for a couple days and its been running great for the most part. I have an ASUS A8JM with 1 gig of ram.

    THE PROBLEM- my computer keeps crashing to that stupid blue screen everytime i try to run windows media player, and windows media center. Is that a problem of not enough ram?? or what may the problem be??

    thnx guys
     
    smalss, Jan 22, 2007
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    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Does the blue screen say anything, and have you tried to uninstall and reinstall WMP
     
    Kdawgca, Jan 22, 2007
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    Checkout problem reports & solutions in control panel. Alternatively check the event log
     
    BENDER, Jan 22, 2007
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    Also, if able to figure it out (it's complicated), try to use the free Windows debugger and find out what the true root of the problem is.

    ~ Brett
     
    Nrbelex, Jan 22, 2007
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    Lest I say - oh, it's Windows, what did you expect?

    OK - on a more helpful note, it's probably not a lack of ram. Your software is conflicting with something you are running in the background. Are you running RTM or the final release?
     
    Gautam, Jan 22, 2007
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    Did you install some codec pack lately?
     
    BENDER, Jan 22, 2007
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    yes i installed a codec pack, i am running the rtm release i believe.
     
    smalss, Jan 22, 2007
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    BENDER, Jan 22, 2007
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    Or you could ditch WMP and use VLC. Much better piece of software IMHO. Plus you needn't bother with codecs.
     
    ProntoR2, Jan 23, 2007
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    Did you upgrade to vista or do a fresh install?
     
    SRD, Jan 23, 2007
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