Ok lets start at the top and tell everyone whats wrong with my machine:

I have installed:
Win XP Service Pack 2
WMP10

Yes I know, I'm not supposed to have double negatives, but I do.

When I play any videos (asf most recent) I only hear audio and get the good ol black screen for video. However the same movie will play in Winamp just fine. Not that I need WMP for anything, but I like my things working. Having a black screen is just bull.

I have installed microsoft's latest codec pack, as well as K-Lite's package to cover every codec known to man. I dont have trouble with any video except with WMP.

Also, since we are on the subject. If you have a SWF file on your computer, what does it open in. On my old computer, I swear Flash/Shockwave PLAYER would open and play in its own little window. Now, it launches IE which lets me click 500 windows to get it to play because it has Active X and signed, and block this, and I FRICKING HATE SP2!!!

Please shed some light on the subject. Keep in mind I do build computers so saying big words is ok. Also, this means we can skip past the simple "you a computer moron" responses. Thanks all >>

-Ti

I've heard nothing but problems with SP2... i still havent updated to SP2 yet because im scared it will screw up my comp >>

good boy

DONT!

-Ti

My PC actually works better, one of the first releases of the .net framework updates FUBAR'd my computer though which pissed me off. I have yet to write to Microsoft and yell their faces off.

just wait till sp2 gets the bugs out then put it on. for now its not necessary to have it.

i have been useing SP2 sence it was beta, and my computer has run faster sence i have had it installed. have you installed the updates for Windows media player off the windows update page? i was haveing the same issues installed the updates and worked just fine.

Yea, I got every update known to man.

-Ti