hey Çõ$mï¢, a similar situation happened with 2 pcs at my work. never did figure it out. if you think it may be an issue with codecs, try sherlock? http://www.dvd-replica.com/divx/sherlock.php ~s ----- Original Message ----- From: "*Çõ$mï¢*" <Cosmic@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "! PC Tech !" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 7:14 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Codec issue I think .. > Ok after a year of no problems (at least none not caused by me lol) I have > run across a problem I can't pin point. Here is a description and then a > couple questions. > It would spontaneous re-boot; now I narrowed that down to a setting in > which it reboots on critical errors; so now I get BSOD's. This has > happened only after I upgraded to FireFox 2; it will Blue Screen or Just > Freeze; can not do a thing but power on\off from the Box. But there was > Once when I tried to start Power DVD it froze; but firefox was running in > the background. that is why I think it might be a Plug in for Multimedia > or a Codec of some sort. It Just recently Happened w\ IE 7 as Well . Now I > did put new RAM in it around May 7th; but this is something new, as in the > last 2 weeks Since I installed FireFox; Out Post Free FireWall and Peer > Guardian. Now I have uninstalled Out Post and Fire Fox. Before I go the > full way and just reinstall\restore it all ( love Gateway by the way) lol > I was wondering any ideas and can I get a list of Video\Audio Codec's > installed so Maybe I can avoid installing it again ?? Need any other info > Please let me know . > > My PC : > > Pent. 4 3.06 > 1 Gig of DDR2 Ram 333mhz > XP Home Service Pack 2 > On Board Video: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/