Windows XP locks up when playing Video Files

Has anyone had a similar issue? When I play any video file in my PC, after about a minute the computer freezes and becomes unresponsive. The only way to get out of it is to reboot the system. Any help would greatly be appreciated.

 

Hello city6121,

Was it ok at one time, or was this always the case?

How much RAM have you got?

How many processes are running in the background? Task Manager > process tab.

Bring up Task Manager > performance tab. How much memory being used when you're playing videos?

What's the software your using to play the videos?

Regards - Charles

 

Yes it was fine at one point. I have 1GB of memory running with 59 processess using 454MB. I think I have narrowed down the problem to a faulty sound driver. I wll let the forum know if a driver change works.

 

Well the new driver didn't resolve the issue. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thank you.

 

Hi city,

What I would suggest is to turn off other processes, either start by running with the minimum and see how it runs, if ok, then turning them on one at a time, or from the other end, start shutting down processes one at a time and test that way.

Regards - Charles