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It supports all standard file formats, and most windows file formats, but whatever formats are not supported, will be eliminated by the actions of Europe against MS.
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This is DEFINITELY not true. The EU action against M$ is that Windows Media Player is such an intrinsic part of Windows that it currently breaks without it. This is allegedly anti-competitive as it means the likes of Apple Quicktime, Real Network's RealPlayer or open source alternatives like MPlayer simply don't get a look in.
The EU action will not outlaw custom software formats - this is not part of the problem. The issue is with the prevention of free choice of software.
I'd like that to be extended to MSN Messenger, which insists on starting in XP, despite the fact that, when I use Windows, Trillian's my messenger of choice...
Sorry to spam your thread, purplemohawkman - I'd agree with Gizmo's diagnosis; something hardware. You can eliminate the memory/
cpu subsystem by running memtest86 for ~36hours. If you have any spare hardware, swap bits out until it works. Also Ghost an image of your drive, then try a fresh install to see whether that works. If it fails, you can always restore the old copy from the image.