Posted by fred-bloggs on 10/18/05 18:43

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 :)

--
fred

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