Vista - Playing Music crashes my PC?!

Hi,

when I try to play music, it keeps crashing my computer. I have tried WMP,
SpiderPlayer and Winamp and nothing helps. I can work normally with my
computer and then it suddenly crashes - the music keeps looping at exactly
the same second and windows doesnt respond. pressing Ctrl, alt and delete
creates a nice black screen. Without playing music in the background i can
run vista for hours without a problem.

And before ppl start telling me that windows vista is protecting music by
stopping pirated music and such - I have downloaded the music legally from
www.musicload.de , a german music site powered by T-Online in Germany! I was
blamed for pirating whereever i asked for help and I'm not interested in this
anymore... all i want is to LISTEN to my LEGAL music

i mean, theres gotta be a reason why i have so much trouble (and btw, it
also happens when i repeat one song all the time, and its not that specific
song!)

I should mention, that "blaming" me for downloading might not be the right
word... i want to express myself saying that ppl always said i WOULD download
illegally, but its not true... dont know if the word "blame" is the right
one... accuse maybe? lol, sorry for confusing you.

Do you get this with audio from other sources like games?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"Hicks" <Hicks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46B750CB-549A-4CF9-8E4C-B1580DB7E7DA@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> when I try to play music, it keeps crashing my computer. I have tried WMP,
> SpiderPlayer and Winamp and nothing helps. I can work normally with my
> computer and then it suddenly crashes - the music keeps looping at exactly
> the same second and windows doesnt respond. pressing Ctrl, alt and delete
> creates a nice black screen. Without playing music in the background i can
> run vista for hours without a problem.
>
> And before ppl start telling me that windows vista is protecting music by
> stopping pirated music and such - I have downloaded the music legally from
> www.musicload.de , a german music site powered by T-Online in Germany! I
> was
> blamed for pirating whereever i asked for help and I'm not interested in
> this
> anymore... all i want is to LISTEN to my LEGAL music
>
> i mean, theres gotta be a reason why i have so much trouble (and btw, it
> also happens when i repeat one song all the time, and its not that
> specific
> song!)

so far I have only played a little bit, but when im watching a dvd for
example it doesnt crash... ive tested that. i have used a day and watched a
few dvds i got... no crash at all (i worked on the computer whlle the picture
was visible on one half of the screen)... so its not a general audio error

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> Do you get this with audio from other sources like games?
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
> "Hicks" <Hicks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:46B750CB-549A-4CF9-8E4C-B1580DB7E7DA@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > when I try to play music, it keeps crashing my computer. I have tried WMP,
> > SpiderPlayer and Winamp and nothing helps. I can work normally with my
> > computer and then it suddenly crashes - the music keeps looping at exactly
> > the same second and windows doesnt respond. pressing Ctrl, alt and delete
> > creates a nice black screen. Without playing music in the background i can
> > run vista for hours without a problem.
> >
> > And before ppl start telling me that windows vista is protecting music by
> > stopping pirated music and such - I have downloaded the music legally from
> > www.musicload.de , a german music site powered by T-Online in Germany! I
> > was
> > blamed for pirating whereever i asked for help and I'm not interested in
> > this
> > anymore... all i want is to LISTEN to my LEGAL music
> >
> > i mean, theres gotta be a reason why i have so much trouble (and btw, it
> > also happens when i repeat one song all the time, and its not that
> > specific
> > song!)
>