Friends: My media files work fine. After installing Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 I can't open some media files and keep getting the pop up :"Windows encountered a problem and needs to close...". I uninstalled Roxio completely and re-installed and the problem returned. Any ideas what's happening here? I tried Roxio EMC 7 and same problem. Windows XP Pro SP2. Thanks for any help.
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Roxio Emc And Windows
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, Apr 07 2009 02:58 AM
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Posted 07 April 2009 - 09:11 AM
QUOTE (Wakenaam @ Apr 7 2009, 05:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Friends: My media files work fine. After installing Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 I can't open some media files and keep getting the pop up :"Windows encountered a problem and needs to close...". I uninstalled Roxio completely and re-installed and the problem returned. Any ideas what's happening here? I tried Roxio EMC 7 and same problem. Windows XP Pro SP2. Thanks for any help.
EMC 7 won't work if you have IE7 (or IE8) and/or WMP11.
What computer do you have? Did you install to a clean hard drive (no malware) that was defraged and with your anti-virus off?
Regardless of what I say about computer maintenance, there is no need to defrag a solid state hard drive.
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Posted 07 April 2009 - 11:37 AM
Digital Guru: Thanks for the response. This same program worked before on the same computer without any problem. The computer is a Compaq EVO. What I've noticed is Roxio EMC 8 now puts an icon in the System Tray which says Media Services Manager, which was never there before. Now my feeling is that this application is interfering somehow with my other media programs. How can I get rid of it? I am running IE6. Thanks for any more help.
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Posted 07 April 2009 - 11:47 PM
QUOTE (Wakenaam @ Apr 7 2009, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Digital Guru: Thanks for the response. This same program worked before on the same computer without any problem. The computer is a Compaq EVO. What I've noticed is Roxio EMC 8 now puts an icon in the System Tray which says Media Services Manager, which was never there before. Now my feeling is that this application is interfering somehow with my other media programs. How can I get rid of it? I am running IE6. Thanks for any more help.
You could try disabling it in process but it may need to be running. Go to start, run, type in msconfig, then OK. Go to the startup tab and uncheck it, click apply. Reboot, acknowledge that you have changed the start up (windows posp up) and not show again.
If it runs worse
, simply put a check mark next to it where you unchecked it. That's a pretty old computer.
Regardless of what I say about computer maintenance, there is no need to defrag a solid state hard drive.
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Velocity Micro ProMagix ©HD 60; evga x58 motherboard, Intel i7 @2.93, 12G RAM, EVGA Nvidia 560TI superclocked video card, SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme audio card, Buffalo external blu-ray burner; Creator 2012. PhotoShow 6, VHS to DVD 3Plus.
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Dell XPS 1645, Intel I7 1,6G with overdrive ,4G RAM, 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730, Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Panzer, 500G hard drive.
Apple =OSX 10.5
MacBook Pro; 15.4-inch widescreen display, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 200GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW), NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. ILife 08, Toast 10, Final Cut Express 4 and Photoshop 4.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Velocity Micro ProMagix ©HD 60; evga x58 motherboard, Intel i7 @2.93, 12G RAM, EVGA Nvidia 560TI superclocked video card, SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme audio card, Buffalo external blu-ray burner; Creator 2012. PhotoShow 6, VHS to DVD 3Plus.
Laptop - Windows 7 Home
Dell XPS 1645, Intel I7 1,6G with overdrive ,4G RAM, 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730, Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Panzer, 500G hard drive.
Apple =OSX 10.5
MacBook Pro; 15.4-inch widescreen display, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 200GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW), NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. ILife 08, Toast 10, Final Cut Express 4 and Photoshop 4.
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Posted 10 April 2009 - 04:42 PM
Digital Guru: I tried that but it did not work. I then installed a copy of Roxio EMC 10, same story. Every time I try to play an .AVI file I keep getting the Windows Explorer pop up screen with the message: "Windows encountered a problem and needs to close...". The screen is then repainted. This is driving me nuts. Any more suggestions? Thank you.
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Posted 11 April 2009 - 02:13 AM
QUOTE (Wakenaam @ Apr 10 2009, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Digital Guru: I tried that but it did not work. I then installed a copy of Roxio EMC 10, same story. Every time I try to play an .AVI file I keep getting the Windows Explorer pop up screen with the message: "Windows encountered a problem and needs to close...". The screen is then repainted. This is driving me nuts. Any more suggestions? Thank you.
Is this all AVI files or just this one? Does the AVI file play in something like VLC (free media player)? Download and run gspot on the file. It will tell you what kind of file it really is and if you have the right codec for them.
Have you checked your hard drive for malware? Have you recently run a registry cleaner? Is your hard drive defragged?
and of course, the obvious question - what new programs /updates have you installed since it ran well the last time?
Perhaps time to do a clean uninstall/install.. Print off and follow the instructions exactly.
Try playing those AVI files without any Roxio products installed just to see if is a Windows or other problem.
Edited by sknis, 11 April 2009 - 02:15 AM.
Regardless of what I say about computer maintenance, there is no need to defrag a solid state hard drive.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Velocity Micro ProMagix ©HD 60; evga x58 motherboard, Intel i7 @2.93, 12G RAM, EVGA Nvidia 560TI superclocked video card, SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme audio card, Buffalo external blu-ray burner; Creator 2012. PhotoShow 6, VHS to DVD 3Plus.
Laptop - Windows 7 Home
Dell XPS 1645, Intel I7 1,6G with overdrive ,4G RAM, 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730, Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Panzer, 500G hard drive.
Apple =OSX 10.5
MacBook Pro; 15.4-inch widescreen display, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 200GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW), NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. ILife 08, Toast 10, Final Cut Express 4 and Photoshop 4.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Velocity Micro ProMagix ©HD 60; evga x58 motherboard, Intel i7 @2.93, 12G RAM, EVGA Nvidia 560TI superclocked video card, SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme audio card, Buffalo external blu-ray burner; Creator 2012. PhotoShow 6, VHS to DVD 3Plus.
Laptop - Windows 7 Home
Dell XPS 1645, Intel I7 1,6G with overdrive ,4G RAM, 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730, Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Panzer, 500G hard drive.
Apple =OSX 10.5
MacBook Pro; 15.4-inch widescreen display, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 200GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW), NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. ILife 08, Toast 10, Final Cut Express 4 and Photoshop 4.
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 03:01 AM
Guys: Thanks for your help. I believe I have the solution from some good folks. I just type regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll in the RUN field to fix my problem and regsvr32 shmedia.dll to turn it off. I tried it and it worked like a charm. Thanks again. Cheers!!!!!
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 03:40 AM
So you uninstalled shmedia.dll, and then reinstalled it again? That's what those commands do.
Strange, but thank you.
It's not a Roxio file, it's a Microsoft DLL - looks like it's connected to Microsoft's digital rights management, so it's a Microsoft problem - again.
Strange, but thank you.
It's not a Roxio file, it's a Microsoft DLL - looks like it's connected to Microsoft's digital rights management, so it's a Microsoft problem - again.
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 10:53 AM
Digital Guru: I did not turn it off again. Sorry if I did not make myself clear. I meant IF you need to turn it off then how you must uninstall it. Cheers!!!!!
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 01:12 PM
QUOTE (Wakenaam @ Apr 13 2009, 01:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Digital Guru: I did not turn it off again. Sorry if I did not make myself clear. I meant IF you need to turn it off then how you must uninstall it. Cheers!!!!!
Off the topic question. Can you not see that all of these folks have names listed? None of them are named Digital Guru. Honest.
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