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computer freezes playing videos
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Does any one have a solution to this? When ever I click on a "video" from the Internet (on hotmail or yahoo for instance,) the computer always just stops immediately. I can't handle it with "control alt delete" and the computer won't restart. I have to turn it off from the computer button. I have IE 6 windows 98se. I'm a bit of a noviice. Perhaps it isn't a problem to some people. I would really appreciate some ideas on handling this if any one has any please. |
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computer freezes playing videos
You could try updating your Macromedia Flash Player, and Direct X,
especially if 98SE is a new install. Upgrade to IE6SP1 also. charlie R "Tassie" wrote in message ... : Hi! : Does any one have a solution to this? When ever I click on a "video" from : the Internet (on hotmail or yahoo for instance,) the computer always just : stops immediately. : I can't handle it with "control alt delete" and the computer won't restart. : I have to turn it off from the computer button. : I have IE 6 windows 98se. : I'm a bit of a noviice. Perhaps it isn't a problem to some people. : I would really appreciate some ideas on handling this if any one : has any please. : |
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computer freezes playing videos
You could try updating your Macromedia Flash Player, and Direct X,
especially if 98SE is a new install. Upgrade to IE6SP1 also. charlie R "Tassie" wrote in message ... : Hi! : Does any one have a solution to this? When ever I click on a "video" from : the Internet (on hotmail or yahoo for instance,) the computer always just : stops immediately. : I can't handle it with "control alt delete" and the computer won't restart. : I have to turn it off from the computer button. : I have IE 6 windows 98se. : I'm a bit of a noviice. Perhaps it isn't a problem to some people. : I would really appreciate some ideas on handling this if any one : has any please. : |
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computer freezes playing videos
"charlie R" wrote in message
... You could try updating your Macromedia Flash Player, and Direct X, especially if 98SE is a new install. Upgrade to IE6SP1 also. charlie R Not bad advice (though I've had some problems with later versions of DirectX: I think to some extent it depends on your graphics hardware, though that may or may not be the reasons behind my problems). Read on ... "Tassie" wrote in message ... : Hi! : Does any one have a solution to this? When ever I click on a "video" from : the Internet (on hotmail or yahoo for instance,) the computer always just : stops immediately. : I can't handle it with "control alt delete" and the computer won't restart. : I have to turn it off from the computer button. : I have IE 6 windows 98se. : I'm a bit of a noviice. Perhaps it isn't a problem to some people. : I would really appreciate some ideas on handling this if any one : has any please. : We were all novices once! A bit more information would be helpful (I'm not getting at you): when you say "click on a video from the Internet", it would be useful to us to know what sort of file it was you were trying to play. I appreciate you may not know! If it is a flash file, then the above advice about upgrading Macromedia's player for such things is good. If it is a movie file of another type, say a filename ending in .wmv, .avi, or .mov (to name but three common types), then the version of your flash player won't be relevant (though the DirectX bit may still help). It would be instructive to find out if you have any such files on your hard disc (Find - Windows key plus F - and then enter *.avi, for example, will find any), and then activate (double-click or highlight one then enter), to see what your system tries to open them with. (Probably Windows Media Player for most types, and Quicktime for .mov files.) If you haven't got any, download one (right-click on the link to one on a web page and select save to disc). If they appear (I don't know yahoo or hotmail very well) as a clickable link, i. e. the cursor doesn't just change like any other link when you move over them, but instead there is just a set of play controls, or something else, then it probably _is_ a flash file. It would be useful for us (to help you) to know which sort of "video" you're having the problem with. |
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computer freezes playing videos
"charlie R" wrote in message
... You could try updating your Macromedia Flash Player, and Direct X, especially if 98SE is a new install. Upgrade to IE6SP1 also. charlie R Not bad advice (though I've had some problems with later versions of DirectX: I think to some extent it depends on your graphics hardware, though that may or may not be the reasons behind my problems). Read on ... "Tassie" wrote in message ... : Hi! : Does any one have a solution to this? When ever I click on a "video" from : the Internet (on hotmail or yahoo for instance,) the computer always just : stops immediately. : I can't handle it with "control alt delete" and the computer won't restart. : I have to turn it off from the computer button. : I have IE 6 windows 98se. : I'm a bit of a noviice. Perhaps it isn't a problem to some people. : I would really appreciate some ideas on handling this if any one : has any please. : We were all novices once! A bit more information would be helpful (I'm not getting at you): when you say "click on a video from the Internet", it would be useful to us to know what sort of file it was you were trying to play. I appreciate you may not know! If it is a flash file, then the above advice about upgrading Macromedia's player for such things is good. If it is a movie file of another type, say a filename ending in .wmv, .avi, or .mov (to name but three common types), then the version of your flash player won't be relevant (though the DirectX bit may still help). It would be instructive to find out if you have any such files on your hard disc (Find - Windows key plus F - and then enter *.avi, for example, will find any), and then activate (double-click or highlight one then enter), to see what your system tries to open them with. (Probably Windows Media Player for most types, and Quicktime for .mov files.) If you haven't got any, download one (right-click on the link to one on a web page and select save to disc). If they appear (I don't know yahoo or hotmail very well) as a clickable link, i. e. the cursor doesn't just change like any other link when you move over them, but instead there is just a set of play controls, or something else, then it probably _is_ a flash file. It would be useful for us (to help you) to know which sort of "video" you're having the problem with. |
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computer freezes playing videos
how much RAM
chk Resources util HD space type of video mpg, avi, QT, wmv all work fine on my 98 SE running 512 mb RAM, later went to 1 GB "Tassie" wrote in message ... Hi! Does any one have a solution to this? When ever I click on a "video" from the Internet (on hotmail or yahoo for instance,) the computer always just stops immediately. I can't handle it with "control alt delete" and the computer won't restart. I have to turn it off from the computer button. I have IE 6 windows 98se. I'm a bit of a noviice. Perhaps it isn't a problem to some people. I would really appreciate some ideas on handling this if any one has any please. |
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computer freezes playing videos
how much RAM
chk Resources util HD space type of video mpg, avi, QT, wmv all work fine on my 98 SE running 512 mb RAM, later went to 1 GB "Tassie" wrote in message ... Hi! Does any one have a solution to this? When ever I click on a "video" from the Internet (on hotmail or yahoo for instance,) the computer always just stops immediately. I can't handle it with "control alt delete" and the computer won't restart. I have to turn it off from the computer button. I have IE 6 windows 98se. I'm a bit of a noviice. Perhaps it isn't a problem to some people. I would really appreciate some ideas on handling this if any one has any please. |
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