help! software players croaked

[perry2]

On my Dell M60 laptop I have both windvd5 and powerdvd5. Suddenly they both do not work correctly, Windvd has video but no audio, Powerdvd has audio but no video!
Reinstalling doesnt help and Im on the verge of reinstalling windows which I really hate to do. This happened shortly after I installed G-spot, so naturally I suspected that was the problem, but uninstalling it didnt help.
Has anyone ever had this problem, can anyone give me any tips for finding the cause????
Thanks

[mats.hogberg]

GSpot shouldn't matter - but have you installed any codecs lately? Codec packs?

/Mats

[ROF]

Did you happen to install Win XP SP2 recently? After I did my Power DVD 6 would not function properly. I had to uninstall it, restart my system, and reinstall and all was back to normal.

[perry2]

I havent installed any other codecs lately and I did my XP sp2 months ago.

[MOVIEGEEK]

EDIT

[perry2]

Looks like I'm gonna have to do a re-install of Windows.
Damn, I hate doing that!

[waheed]

Maybe you can run both PowerDVD and WinDVD together simultaneously, that way you'll have both audio and video...lol... Sorry, just kidding.

It sounds like a codec curroption problem with the software players. Uninstall both players and delete the folders manually (there are folders left in Program Files location, even after uninstallation). Restart PC, install one back again. If all else fails, you can try an alternative player like VLC media player.

[perry2]

Maybe you can run both PowerDVD and WinDVD together simultaneously, that way you'll have both audio and video...lol... Sorry, just kidding.

I just knew someone was gonna say that!
Yes, I have tried completely re-installing/deleting. didnt help.
I have'nt looked into registry settings though....[/i]