Using WMM, what are the basics for an off-the -shelf (e.g. Dell, HP, etc)
machine that will handle most home movies; specifically, hard drive type
(size, I already know is big), graphics card (I'm confused by cards for
gaming vs. editing), if its firewire fitted, is there more to ...

I have a DVD-Ram disc that I'm trying to play on my computer.  The DVD
doesn't contain any video, it is a high school football game recorded from
the radio and put on the DVD-Ram disc on our DVD Player/Burner at home.  I'm
now trying to play it on my computer and the computer ...

I am using an IBM Thinkpad R40 with Win XP, and when trying to play DVDs in
windows media player, realplayer, or windvd the program starts to display the
dvd title but then freezes the program and often my computer.  When the dvds
are played in interactual dvd player, an error ...

Hi, I'm trying to capture movies from my analog video tapes, which are in PAL
format. I'm using a nvidia video card with Video In and nvidia WDM capture
driver. But no matter of the capturing software I'm using, I cannot capture
in 25 fps. When I'm trying to capture in 25 fps the ...

At what seems to be random intervals I recieve a blue screen saying that a
problem has ocurred. It talks about changing video adapters and checking for
BIOS updates, I have tried to update as much video-related hardware as I can
think of. ALSO, whenever I try to play a PC game ...

I was wondering, when I wanted to take a picture from a video (using the
"Print Screen" button), then pasting it into a picture-editing program, it
doesn't "stay". When I close the video, or play it, the picture is lost.
How do I make the picture stay?

I've encountered a mysterious problem that has drastically affected the
enjoyment of my computer. Please help if you can.
Starting yesterday, I noticed that most video files (about 90%) stopped
playing correctly on my computer. This occurs whether the video is streaming

I am trying to play commercial DVDs (e.g. Monsters Inc) using Windows XP
Media Center Edition 2005 - the media center application. Works fine with
VGA, but I get an error when using the component video output:
Cannot Play DVD

I use 2 monitors on my computer. When I choose a background image, I get the
same image on both monitors. How could it be possible to have different
images on each of them?
Any suggestion!

I've got a Kodak easyshare DX4530 camera. I have taken lots of videos and
now i want to made a dvd disc.
Im using visionexpress 2.  I go to where it says make a dvd disc but when i
try to add the files it says "  no video files in file"   the movies play

I have a Philips monitor and a windowsxp system.
The monitor from time to time will go blank all of a sudden while I'm in the
middle of doing something.  Nothing can be done to get the display back.
However, if I leave it this way for an indefinite while, the screen may

I have a dell inspiron 4000.  My monitor works until windows XP loads then it
goes blank.  I plug in an external monitor and that works.  I have reset the
connector on the laptop monitor with no luck.  I have also downloaded the new
drivers from dell  support.  no luck.  Any ...

I used to wok on my Sony DV with IEEE 1394 on DELL-2400 XP SP1. It was
working perfectly well until I installed XP SP2. When I connect my DV CAM to
the IEEE1394 controller (Texas Instruments OHCI complaint IEEE 1394) XP pings
and the Sony DV Camera is shown in the Device manager ...

I have recently re-installed Windows & components to my computer, and
reinstalled all software.  I am not sure at what time the WMV file
format stopped working, but for some reason no media player can seem to
play that format without crashing, it wants to send a technical report

I get sound playing CD's but not when playing DVD's though pic is fine - Have
followed truobleshooter thread over & over to no avail. Re-installed Realtek
AC97 & everything shows as A.O.K but still no sound! Seem to have prog called
Realtek Sound Manager which when activated ...