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windows media player

Mar 7, 2004 1:06AM PST

I use this program to play CD's. Lately all of the CD's skip, whether they are burned or retail versions. This happens on both of my CD drives. I have updated the player regularly and is currently at version 9. I'm running XP and have 512K RAM. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
David

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Re:windows media player
Mar 7, 2004 1:23AM PST

1. Turn DMA off and back on as noted at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx

2. Did you turn it off and back on?

3. Pests and parasites..
Sillyarasite removal programs.


http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=1313&start=0 notes the five scanning tools and removal tools that are fairly safe. If one does encounter an issue, its always been damage done by the MALWARE. The most common issue being Layered Service Provider replacement which you can use LSPFIX (Hint: use http://www.google.com to find).

The thread has follow on discussions about new links if you don't want to use Google to find an item.

Bob

PS. All the tools are free.

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Re:Re:windows media player
Mar 7, 2004 8:58AM PST

Bob/Ernie, thanks for the replies! Adjusting the acceleration did not help. In DeviceManager, under ATAPI/IDE devices/properties etc., there aren't any advanced settings for DMA etc. I have an Intel MB with integrated sound. I tried uninstalling the SoundMax Audio and starting over without any luck. AS far as spyware, I've been using spybot for over a year. This is a recent change, yet I haven't installed anything new recently other than Tax S/W. Any other thoughts? Thanks again.
David

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If there is no DMA setting as per the article, then...
Mar 7, 2004 10:16AM PST

Its likely someone installed the "Intel Accelerator" software. I'd uninstall that as well as be free from all parasites. Your post didn't note if you did the other 4 scans. A lament is that one tool doesn't get them all.

Bob

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Re:If there is no DMA setting as per the article, then...
Mar 7, 2004 12:43PM PST

You're good Bob, the Intel Accelerator is installed. Curious, why do you think that has an effect on it? I'll also revisit the other utilities you mentioned when I get a chance. I'll be traveling the entire week. Thanks!!
David

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Re:windows media player
Mar 7, 2004 2:04AM PST

Start/Control Panel/Sound & Audio Devices/Voice Tab/
at voice playback section select "advanced". Select the performance tab and if the hardware acceleration is set at full, try setting it back one position to standard.