OK here is the deal, I reformated my hard drive, got rid of everything, and decided to start from scratch. I have asf files on cd that I tried to play that would have static sounds when playing, but when I minimized it the sound would be perfect. So I concluded it is not a file problem. When I reformated I downloaded the new windows media player. The asf file played perfectly. Then I downloaded the nimo divx bundle, and of course the static problems came back. So I uninstalled it, then I downloaded the divx 5.01 bundle and the static problems occured. What suggestions do you all have? Thanks