Windows XP update issues

[Shalbatana]

I updated about 16 security updates, 3 general windows updates, and a few .net fixes and an update to WMP11 and drivers for my nic and modem cards.

basically anything that MS has published in the past 8 months.

Before I go digging through MS notes, can anyone give me an idea which of these is causing my DVD player to not play DVD's correctly under sonic, nero or WMP?

The video stutters, and the audio is choppy. It worked fine the day before the updates.

thanks in advance

[DB83]

How long is a piece of string ?

Take a look at Windows Task Manager while trying to play a dvd and see which process(s) are eating up CPU resources.

[Bjs]

Grab vlc and get it to play a dvd back, if it plays fine, you have a decoder codec problem

Be worth while to update video drivers as well after the vlc test

Of course once wmp11 gets in, your toast, there is no other way of getting rid of it cleanly without an os reinstall.

[John]

Can you play back a movie thats not on dvd.
But like Bjs said, def worth upgrading your graphic card drivers.
If you where running vista id say thats what it was, but ive also had that in the past with xp.