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Thread ID: 84464	2007-11-06 20:38:00	Having a problem with media on my computer	Nightwizard (13004)	Press F1

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608923	2007-11-06 20:38:00	Firstly, I use windows vista home builder's edition 32 bit Now, as recently as last Friday I was able to play music and watch videos fine. Now however, no matter which player I use I can't get any of my music to play, and for videos they don't work at all in winamp (or any other player I try) and I can only get video, no audio, in VLC. Another media-related issue is that the Zune software on my computer is no longer syncing with my Zune when I plug it in, so while it still charges I can't sync anything to or from it or anything. Again ,this was working fine on friday. I've also noticed that recently, the network connection status icon in the system tray has gone from being normal to having the two computers like normal, but with a red X overlapping the bottom one and when I hold my mouse over it is says: "Connection status: unknown Server execution failed" At least I'm still using the internet fine - though I just discovered 5 minutes ago that if I try to open up Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel, the box goes white and freezes up and the only way I can get rid of it is by ending and restarting explorer.exe The only things I did over the weekend that I think could possibly be causing this are turn off UAC (I've already tried turning it back on and that didn't fix anything) and run windows update, of which there were 3 which were: Silicon Image - Other Hardware - Silicon Image SiI 3531 SATA Controller Silicon Image - Other Hardware - Silicon Image's Pseudo Processor Device nVidia - Video - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (On a sidenote I just went and downloaded the new Forceware driver from the official site today and that didn't change anything) And since I've run both Bitdefender Antivirus scan and a Hijackthis! scan, both of which were clean, I figure it has to be one of the first 2 updates causing the problem. If not, I'm even more screwed than I thought because I have no idea what else could be doing it. Any ideas or suggestions on how I can fix this?	Nightwizard (13004)
608924	2007-11-06 20:46:00	Is AIM installed?? It looks like AIM 6.5 and 5.93 can cause the network prob. As stated here (forums.microsoft.com) Did you install any of those from the WU site?? If u did, BAD idea. NEVER download/install any drivers from the WU site.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
608925	2007-11-06 20:52:00	I do have AIM 5.93 installed, but I don't exactly understand how this would be causing the problem since I've had it installed for a few months (In fact since I built this computer earlier in the summer). Is it coming into conflict with one of the things I got from Windows Update?	Nightwizard (13004)
608926	2007-11-06 20:55:00	Read the link I posted. A LOT of people seem to have the same prob, because AIM is installed. And they've somehow, figured out that AIM is the culprit/problem. It looks like it blocks something. And screws things up especially in Vista. And the AOL link (messageboards.aol.com)	Speedy Gonzales (78)
608927	2007-11-06 21:07:00	Okay, I'll try the notepad thing in that thread. Can you at least explain why 5.93 is having the problem now though (even when I haven't updated to 6.5) after all this time?	Nightwizard (13004)
608928	2007-11-06 21:09:00	I wouldnt have a clue . I dont use AIM . You'll have to uninstall AIM or try whats on that site . To see if it fixes the probs you're having .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
608929	2007-11-06 21:10:00	Like I said, I'm trying what's on the site now and if that doesn't work I'll just switch to Pigin or something.	Nightwizard (13004)
608930	2007-11-06 21:22:00	Okay, didn't work. Tried NYs thing with local group, didn't help. Notepad thing didn't help. Still red X on server, still no media working right...	Nightwizard (13004)
608931	2007-11-06 21:23:00	Uninstall it, delete its folders, then remove its entries in the registry (AOL entries I think). Then reboot.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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