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Posted by Tim on 10/26/05 16:20
Thanks Fred. Your solution works perfectly. I dwl a file that has
previously been a problem and this time it was okay.
No more wasted dwl's. Thanks.
On 18 Oct 2005 18:43:36 GMT, "fred-bloggs"
<fred-bloggs@hahahotmail.com> wrote:
>Tim <> wrote in news:p5fal1p2rra4sqiuoscrstsgm8knrs25jc@4ax.com:
>
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>> On 18 Oct 2005 14:33:19 GMT, "fred-bloggs"
>> <fred-bloggs@hahahotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Tim <> wrote in news:qpm9l1hbg79g44p52lj5k9561cmc27kods@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> I apologise if this subject has been aired here before but I am new
>>>> here.
>>>> I have been dwl video music files on WinMX for a while and every so
>>>> often I get one that sends my CPU crazy. Basically as soon as I try
>>>> to do anything with the file the CPU runs at 100% so that everything
>>>> else just runs at a snails pace. The only way I have found to deal
>>>> with the problem is to delete the file. Having spend a few hours dwl
>>>> the file that is a bit drastic but seems to be the only way out.
>>>> Can anyone tell me what is happening. Is it some sort of
>>>> trojan/virus or something? If so is there a way of detecting such
>>>> files before you dwl?
>>>> TIA for any information or help.
>>>
>>>XP? If you find that Explorer is the process taking 100% CPU try
>>>
>>>Start
>>>Run...
>>>regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
>>>OK
>>
>>
>> Thanks Fred, that's exactly whats happening. I'm using XP and it is
>> explorer thats eating up the juice.
>> I will follow your advice but do I do it when the cpu is going bananas
>> or now when everything is normal?
>
>Do it *now* while you have control.
>
>What you are doing is preventing Explorer from loading the dll service
>that reads the details of the video (resolution,bit rate,etc).
>Unfortunately when shmedia reads a video it doesn't understand it goes
>into an endless loop.
>
>If you should want to re-install it (you probably won't), just
>Run...
>regsvr32 shmedia.dll
>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Tim
>
>yw :)
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