Windows Xp SP2 Error Help

[Angellus]

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[JTech]

Don't install SP2...

 

[Darth Garth]

Don't install SP2...

Yep just leave your XP install open to all manner of exploits and malware.
I just hope you are not in I.T.

Angellus ... did you perhaps install a "all in one codec" pack recently ???.

 

[werner]

let me guess...it's not just an avi file, it's a divx/xvid etc format file.
go and update the codecs...bad versions of the codecs can freeze winxp/sp2 pretty easily, especially on right clicks (explorer tries to parse the file for format info, resolution and bitrate, and causes a freeze/crash with bad codecs)

thankfully, you are not alone
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=explorer+right+click+avi+codecs+crash&btnG=Google+Search

 

[werner]

I love it when I am right.

Pity the thread title gives the misleading impression that sp2 is "teh d3v1L"

 

[Juggy]

Look for the all-in-one codec.

Here it is, everything you'll ever need.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Pack_All_in_1.htm

 

[rsachoc]

Or DefilerPak, nice and lean

 

[werner]

personally, i just install 3 items
an mpeg2 decoder (cyberlink powerdvd or similar)
ffdshow
and ac3filter.

that gets me through all the stuff I have no problemo

 

[zeb]

personally, i just install 3 items
an mpeg2 decoder (cyberlink powerdvd or similar)
ffdshow
and ac3filter.

Same here, but I also install Quicktime alternative and Real alternative.

 

[GangStarr]

i use K-Lite codec pack
I cant be bothered double clicking on a movie and it dont play. k-lite has it all (and works with sp2)

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

I also use K-lite. It has what you anit-codec pack guys use anyway and works great. Its just nice and all in one as they say.
But most codec packs do suck.. terribly.. especially when you start installing them over each other, ow.

K-Lite uses FFD-show and Media Player Classic then adds X-vid AC-3 and a bunch of others, but it works great.

 

[GangStarr]

if it aint broke.........

 

[hj2k_x]

Thanks Werner

This site has a solution.

http://moviecodec.com/topics/3588p2.html

Basically for anyone else having the problem do the following.

Start --> Run --> Type "CMD" --> Type "regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll" and tehn press Enter.

This fixed the problem but has a slightly annoying side effect.

If you do this you no longer get any advanced properties like what audio/video codecs the files is using.

OK here is what I am going to do.

Start --> Run --> Type "CMD" --> Type "regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll" and tehn press Enter.

then I am going to try and find the codec problem. then to enable the properties again do the following.

Start --> Run --> Type "CMD" --> Type "regsvr32 shmedia.dll" and tehn press Enter.

Will report back here once I fixed it.

I know this thread is ancient but I am still running XP SP2 which has been great till now, when I get this same error at startup... I have not installed any codec packs. Does anyone know if this fix will work?