windows media player gone crazy - Please help!

when ever im watching a video or listening to an audio file on windows media
player it tends to stop ever now and then then after a while it will start
playing again strange thing is when it stop playing, if i go to a bit of the
file that i've just been listening to, it wont play, despite the fact it was
playing only a few seconds ago, then sometimes the video or audio will just
go out of control and play really fast, with no sound and i often have to
restart teh computer, only to have it happpen again after a few minutes of
peace

In news:0B70464A-E984-4BDB-B55B-FFC0D909EA1E@microsoft.com,
ameer <ameer@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> when ever im watching a video or listening to an audio file on
> windows media player it tends to stop ever now and then then after a
> while it will start playing again strange thing is when it stop
> playing, if i go to a bit of the file that i've just been listening
> to, it wont play, despite the fact it was playing only a few seconds
> ago, then sometimes the video or audio will just go out of control
> and play really fast, with no sound and i often have to restart teh
> computer, only to have it happpen again after a few minutes of peace

Sounds like something is eating your system resources. I'd consider malware
and startup applications as my primary target for initial
debugging/troubleshooting...

Malware Removal Tool:
http://kgiii.info/windows/2k-XP/secu...oval_tool.html

Pesky Startup Apps:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/startupapps.html

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