Neil pointed to this great tool-
http://www.radlight.org/products/fil...ager/index.php
, which should help.

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"Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have the exact same problem. It happened right after I installed Roxio
> Easy Media Creator. If I uninstall it, the problem disappears. It may
> have
> something to do with a a codec conflict, but I'm not an expert in that.
> Does
> anyone know how to set the default codec for Windows Media Player?
> Forcing
> WMP to use certain codecs (in spite of others being available) might solve
> the problem. Hope someone can help.
>
> "Karl Burrows" wrote:
>
>> No replies yet...
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>> "RAF" <RAF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news21ADDE7-6B12-4BDF-B4F4-A5C1D7D3A4C2@microsoft.com...
>> > What was the answer Karl? Has anyone helped out yet? I have the same
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > "antonio lariva" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Karl Burrows" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > My new MP10 doesn't want to play nice. If I download a video file
>> >> > and
>> >> > play
>> >> > it directly from the Web, it will show the first frame and play the
>> >> > audio
>> >> > track, but then gives me a generic error message. If I save the
>> >> > same
>> >> > file
>> >> > to my computer and open it, it plays fine. Any thoughts on how to
>> >> > fix
>> >> > this?
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