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everytime i goto play some music it does play properly and keeps jumping... nothing else will run and when you open the process manager thing it shows that WMP is using 99% CPU and what seems to be random amounts of memory...

heres a screeny:



please help me solve this ill be really greatful because i cant listen to anything at the moment.

Thanks!

Download Winamp?

already got it... i dont want to use winamp because i prefer wmp... so thats not really a solution

[offtopic] The song playing is not from the album, Meteora. It is from Hybrid Theory [/offtopic]

Have you tried using any other media players?
or perhaps the new beta of WMP?

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Originally posted by Knuckles
[offtopic] The song playing is not from the album, Meteora. It is from Hybrid Theory [/offtopic]

Have you tried using any other media players?
or perhaps the new beta of WMP?

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winamp works fine...

cant use the beta on this pc because of WGA.... so need the old one

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Originally posted by M73A
cant use the beta on this pc because of WGA.... so need the old one

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Download the WGA-friendly version?

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Originally posted by Mike

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Originally posted by M73A
cant use the beta on this pc because of WGA.... so need the old one

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Download the WGA-friendly version?

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care to pm me a link lol

EDIT: Thanks!!! WMP11 works... but its in general uses more memory lol oh well!

Sorry about the double post.. but what my other post says is wrong...

the problem is still happening with wmp11... and wmp11 is really getting on my nerves! looks good... but lags like a bitch...

can anyone else help me try and fix whatever is making WMP goto 99% CPU?

thanks

*scanning*

EDIT: only thing that was found was a few tracking cookies from advert sites... so its not that AFAIK... any other possible reasons? thanks..

EDIT EDIT:
i googled 'windows media player cpu usage' and some people are having the same problem... or have had. and what i kept seeing was nvidia geforce

surprise surprise! ive got an nvidia geforce fx 5200.... ive been using google and looking on the nvidia website but i cant seem to find any drivers (because i want to try and update them to see if this rectifies the problem...

does anyone know where i can get a decent copy of nvidia geforce fx 5200 drivers... i dont want to download them off of a non-nvidia website just for safety and so far google cant find me that.

EDIT EDIT EDIT:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_84.21.html is the download i found.... its downloading right now

but the instructions say

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Originally posted by nvidia driver instal instructions

Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA display drivers from the Windows Control Panel. Browse to the Start Menu > Windows Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and search for "NVIDIA Windows Display Drivers" or "NVIDIA Display Drivers" and select remove.

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will uninstalling display drivers mean i cant see whats on the screen

Forceware   includes geforce afaik.