Vista - Avi files

I note that sometimes avi files are blocked by the pc,
in windows xp very easy to fix the problem but how to do that with
windows vista. Thanks

"Javier A." <aves@italy.it> wrote in message
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>I note that sometimes avi files are blocked by the pc,
> in windows xp very easy to fix the problem but how to do that with
> windows vista. Thanks

What do you mean by "blocked"?

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you may still need the proper codec... avi is a formatt, but inside of that
you still need to have the proper codec installed or videos wont play.. im
pretty sure there is nothing else in vista that would "block" a video file
from playing

"Javier A." wrote:

> I note that sometimes avi files are blocked by the pc,
> in windows xp very easy to fix the problem but how to do that with
> windows vista. Thanks
>

There are so many avi formats it is hard to tell which codec is needed to
play any one format. There is a small program called "Gspot" which does not
have to be installed <stand-alone> that can tell you which codec is needed
and if it is installed.

"Joe" <Joe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> you may still need the proper codec... avi is a formatt, but inside of
> that
> you still need to have the proper codec installed or videos wont play.. im
> pretty sure there is nothing else in vista that would "block" a video file
> from playing
>
> "Javier A." wrote:
>
>> I note that sometimes avi files are blocked by the pc,
>> in windows xp very easy to fix the problem but how to do that with
>> windows vista. Thanks
>>