Cranfield Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 My PC works fine, until I try to play a downloaded video. It doesn't open my media player straight away, it just goes into slow mode.If I try to move away from My Videos, all subsequent pages freeze with the "not responding" message.I can't even Restart the PC, I have to wait, or turn it off at the tower.If I just wait , about 15 minutes later the media player appears and sometimes plays the video, or goes into "not responding" mode. I have conducted a couple of full virus scans,both were all clear .A System Restore didn't help either.I have reloaded VLC Media Player and Microsoft Media Player, no change. Anyone got any possible solutions ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Try scanning with combo fix in safe mode. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/ Also run Process explorer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653 Sort by CPU, and see what is eating all your CPU time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Thanks for the suggestions, I had a look at the CPU usage by opening Task Manager and it looks OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Even while it is all hung up? Try watching the video in safe mode. May look odd in low resolution, but see if it runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truflex Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 How old is the PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Restore the system to a previous date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I have done a System Restore and the PC is about 9 years old. I do not liking fiddling about in Safe Mode, following a monumental error I made some years ago that required me to get a new PC. However, I may have a little look tomorrow. I will also try checking CPU with Task manager when I next hang it up, the problem is when it is hung up, its almost impossible to get anything else to open (including Task Manager). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) Run task manager first - then replicate the hang. I still recommend running combo fix in safe mode. Might be a good time for a full backup too. Edited March 28, 2014 by aris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Have just replicated the hang (which happens as soon as I enter the My Videos folder) and CPU usage was 97-99 explorer.exe with occasionally Task manager 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) Could be any number of things. First, make a backup of important data to an external disk. Check your disk for errors - both hard and soft. You can google that For your version of windows. If you have the space, copy the data in The My Videos folder to another directory and test there. Edited March 28, 2014 by aris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peck Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I have real trouble if i try to watch a video on one window whilst i have my email window open as well, i have to shut down the email window then the video plays ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegleg31 Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 You've been watching too much porn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inderraj Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 try seeing if the video you need to download requires you to download a pack of "codecs" sometimes it can slow the computer down and cause crashes Even the VLC player does not come with the entire codec pack, try downloading them all and then replaying the file you want, should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Sounds Like a video card on the Blink mate, try another video card, they are not expensive and do wear out anyway. they work very hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darno Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 From the title of the topic, I thought pigeon controller had nicked some of your permissions:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) 9 years old about time you put your hand in your pocket and bought another ( apple is the way to go ) thats if your hand can reach the bottom of your pockets... Edited March 29, 2014 by hawkeye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Having convinced myself that its a hardware issue and taking into account other irritating things about this PC , such as the built in CD/DVD doesn't work and a few USB ports seem to have packed up, I think a new one is in order. Not sure about an Apple though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Having convinced myself that its a hardware issue and taking into account other irritating things about this PC , such as the built in CD/DVD doesn't work and a few USB ports seem to have packed up, I think a new one is in order. Not sure about an Apple though. Go On, Bite the Bullet, Get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 you will not regret it, go on you know you want one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chady Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 I would never get a PC again!!! Ok takes a bit to get used to. But brillent!!! Get a mac and you won't look back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 This morning I have discovered that if I open my media player , click on "media", then "open file", it accesses my list of videos, I select one and it plays perfectly. So it may not be a hardware/CPU issue. I am tempted by a Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truflex Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 This morning I have discovered that if I open my media player , click on "media", then "open file", it accesses my list of videos, I select one and it plays perfectly. So it may not be a hardware/CPU issue. I am tempted by a Mac. You won't regret the Mac. I'd never change back now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 As chardy said they take a bit of getting used to but i would not go back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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