Video files cause computer to mess up

[Cloudiroth]

Having a little problem..Sometimes when I click on certain movies, they'll give me the error in the screenshot below. I'll click 'Close Message', and everything on the screen except for the Wallpaper will dissappear, then reappear in about 5-10 seconds. It only does this when I click on certain movies, or in some folders with nothing but movie files, right when I open the folder it'll do it..any ideas?? One of the movies I just uploaded from my digital camera (MVI_0002.avi in the screenshot), and I get the error message when I click on it..so I don't think it's a virus or anything. Thanks in advance!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-3/964038/movieproblem.jpg

[Zefram]

That is a function that exists in Windows XP SP2......... called DEP.........
Basically it was meant to block buffer overflow, but in your case maybe the program somehow mimic the buffer overflow attacks!
Before i can help you, please supply the following information :
1) What kind of Software are you using to view the movies?
2) What processor (CPU) are you using *to determine whether it was a Hardware or Software-based DEP*
3) Did you install any codec packs?
4) Did you try to play that particular video files in other PC?

[therealwesty]

You could check your DEP settings. Enabling DEP for just essential Windows programs may lead to less problems than having it enabled for all programs. Seems the video file or the software you are using are causing a buffer overflow which was a common way viruses used to be able to attack a system. Windows now detects the buffer overflow scenarios and simply terminates the application causing them.

To get to the DEP settings go into <i>System Properties</i> and head to the <i>Advanced</i> tab. From there hit the top <i>Settings</i> button, located in the <i>Performance</i> section. In the newly opened <i>Performance Options</i> window you will find the <i>Data Execution Prevention</i> tab. On this tab ensure that the top option is selected. This will enable DEP for just essential Windows stuff rather than all your programs.

[Cloudiroth]

That is a function that exists in Windows XP SP2......... called DEP.........
Basically it was meant to block buffer overflow, but in your case maybe the program somehow mimic the buffer overflow attacks!
Before i can help you, please supply the following information :
1) What kind of Software are you using to view the movies?
2) What processor (CPU) are you using *to determine whether it was a Hardware or Software-based DEP*
3) Did you install any codec packs?
4) Did you try to play that particular video files in other PC?

Sorry for taking so long to reply..here goes:
1) Windows Media Player (Version 10)
2) AMD Athlon 64 3000+
3) Not recently. The problem's only been going on for about a month now.
4) Nope. Haven't tried it on another PC yet.

Thanks again guys!

[Cloudiroth]

Anybody have any ideas? It's really starting to piss me off...still going on. :mad:

[sapo_feo]

You could check your DEP settings. Enabling DEP for just essential Windows programs may lead to less problems than having it enabled for all programs. Seems the video file or the software you are using are causing a buffer overflow which was a common way viruses used to be able to attack a system. Windows now detects the buffer overflow scenarios and simply terminates the application causing them.

To get to the DEP settings go into <i>System Properties</i> and head to the <i>Advanced</i> tab. From there hit the top <i>Settings</i> button, located in the <i>Performance</i> section. In the newly opened <i>Performance Options</i> window you will find the <i>Data Execution Prevention</i> tab. On this tab ensure that the top option is selected. This will enable DEP for just essential Windows stuff rather than all your programs.
Did this not work? If you tried it and still get the error try adding windows media player to the exception list in the DEP panel.

[Cloudiroth]

Did this not work? If you tried it and still get the error try adding windows media player to the exception list in the DEP panel.

Yep..tried that. It is checked. I will try to add media player to the exceptions list now.

Isn't that bad though, only having the Windows media player on the exception list?

[NotMyBest2Day]

From what you said in the first post, you click close message and everything but the wallpaper goes away, that's explorer.exe closing. Also, you said you just click the files. Do you usually get a "preview" media player in the details section area on the left? I have a similar problem with Windows 2000 and that stupid media preview. It's built into explorer.exe somehow, and is very very annoying.

I was just clarifying the situation. I have not figured out how to get rid of the preview. Even with WMP uninstalled, it still has the preview. There's got to be a registry value somewhere to get rid of it.

[Cloudiroth]

From what you said in the first post, you click close message and everything but the wallpaper goes away, that's explorer.exe closing. Also, you said you just click the files. Do you usually get a "preview" media player in the details section area on the left? I have a similar problem with Windows 2000 and that stupid media preview. It's built into explorer.exe somehow, and is very very annoying.

I was just clarifying the situation. I have not figured out how to get rid of the preview. Even with WMP uninstalled, it still has the preview. There's got to be a registry value somewhere to get rid of it.


The message will come up a couple seconds after the files in the folder start loading. (It only does it, I noticed, when I have the 'View Thumbnails' on...when I have it so that the folder is set on 'Details', it doesn't do it.)

Adding windows media player to the exception list in the DEP panel did not fix it, either. :(

[Cloudiroth]

So this is still going on...is it possible that a bad codec is causing this?? Like, is it possible that only certain videos with certain bad codecs could cause this?

[Cloudiroth]

Anybody? This is still going on...:(