> I have Windows XP Media Center Ed with all recommended updates. Recently I > have noticed an issue when playing DVDs, the video and audio plays really > slowly. This happens in Media Center, Windows Media Player and WinDVD. I have > tried different DVDs and have the same problem with all, however playing > video or music files from the hard drive is not a problem... just the DVDs! > > Any help would really be appreciated... I have tried the following: > > Changed video settings from 32 bit to 16 bit > Made sure hardware acceleration is on > Made sure write combining is on > Reinstalled dvd drive > Can't think of anything else... > > Thanks > Jane Hi there, I'm experiencing the exact same problem as this person above... anyone know what's causing this problem and how to fix it? I know for a fact that it's strictly a software/driver issue and not related in any way to hardware. I happened to purchase 2 identical HP PCs and intially both were fine and then after about a week one of them began to exhibit this DVD playback problem. I swapped the hard drives and the problem followed with the hard drive over to the "good" PC and the problem was gone from the "bad" PC. My fear is that eventually this same problem will surface on the "good" hard drive... BTW, neither PC is connected to the Internet (by design, since I'm using them as stand alone workstations). Thanks in advance, Dave

deajshin, my guess is that you've been infected by some sort of nasty. My guess's a worm so think I'd run something like A² to clean one. in case you need it, you can get it @: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4... If you decide to use it, be sure to update FIRST. If you are indeed infected, you will have extras in your start menu as a result and they cause buffering which in turn makes things seem really slow. See if you can edit it. HTH. Ed in Texas.

Have you installed (or reinstalled) any new programs lately that could have possibly replaced some files?