Deinstallation and installation of video codecs

[Thomas Osthege]

Hi NG,

As nobody seems to have an idea how to solve my problem I posted
recently (I'll try another way
;-(

Is there a way to uninstall and reinstall (best one by one) all video
codecs? I know how to uninstall them from within the device manager, but
I'm anxious that I can't reinstall them all, because I don't how they
all came onto my system ;-). Or is it save just to reinstall those that
come with the MS codec package plus divx and the intel stuff for
example?

I'd be happy for some suggestions.

Here again the addresses with the lists of the currently installed
codecs:
http://thecorporation.net/desktop.gif
http://thecorporation.net/notebook.gif

TIA again

Thomas

Thomas(at)Osthege(dot)de

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Thomas,

I guess I'm thinking that your system needs some of the codecs, so unless
you are going to wipe your drive clean and reinstall Windows XP to get a
fresh start, it might not be a good idea to delete them.

PapaJohn

 

[Thomas Osthege]

PapaJohn,

I already tried to uninstall the codecs (on a backed up system), but
failed, because I can't uninstall them all. As I said, inside the device
manager the remove function doesn't do anything and most of the codecs
seem to be installed by the system itself. So I can uninstall only those
that have an appropriate uninstalling procedure.

I'm almost unable to reinstall XP completely, because this is a
perfectly working system, that would take me days to reinstall. And
meanwhile I doubt if this would help.

There is another strange occurence with videos: Playing some avi videos
simply lets the system reboot after watching them for a while (more or
less). In some NGs I found this symptom together with the grafic card I
use (ATI Xpert 2000 Pro). But there was no solution for this phenomenon,
too.

Does this give you any idea?

Good night for today

Thomas

| Thomas,
|
| I guess I'm thinking that your system needs some of the codecs, so
unless
| you are going to wipe your drive clean and reinstall Windows XP to get
a
| fresh start, it might not be a good idea to delete them.
|
| PapaJohn
|
| | > Supplement to my last posting:
| >
| > The function 'remove codec' inside the device manager is absolutely
| > doing nothing...
| >
| > Still nobody with an idea? I'm getting desperated!
| >
| > TIA Thomas
| >
| >
|
|

 

[PapaJohn]

Thomas,

Have you been through the Problem Solving... Checklist and the Problem
Solving... Acceleration and Codecs page of www.papajohn.org ?

PapaJohn

 

[Thomas Osthege]

PapaJohn,

Thanks for asking. No, I could not solve it and I'm very desperated
about this.

Thomas

| Thomas,
|
| Have you been through the Problem Solving... Checklist and the Problem
| Solving... Acceleration and Codecs page of www.papajohn.org ?
|
| PapaJohn
|
| | > PapaJohn,
| >
| > I already tried to uninstall the codecs (on a backed up system), but
| > failed, because I can't uninstall them all. As I said, inside the
device
| > manager the remove function doesn't do anything and most of the
codecs
| > seem to be installed by the system itself. So I can uninstall only
those
| > that have an appropriate uninstalling procedure.
| >
| > I'm almost unable to reinstall XP completely, because this is a
| > perfectly working system, that would take me days to reinstall. And
| > meanwhile I doubt if this would help.
| >
| > There is another strange occurence with videos: Playing some avi
videos
| > simply lets the system reboot after watching them for a while (more
or
| > less). In some NGs I found this symptom together with the grafic
card I
| > use (ATI Xpert 2000 Pro). But there was no solution for this
phenomenon,
| > too.
| >
| > Does this give you any idea?
| >
| > Good night for today
| >
| > Thomas
| >
| > | > | Thomas,
| > |
| > | I guess I'm thinking that your system needs some of the codecs, so
| > unless
| > | you are going to wipe your drive clean and reinstall Windows XP to
get
| > a
| > | fresh start, it might not be a good idea to delete them.
| > |
| > | PapaJohn
| > |
| > | | > | > Supplement to my last posting:
| > | >
| > | > The function 'remove codec' inside the device manager is
absolutely
| > | > doing nothing...
| > | >
| > | > Still nobody with an idea? I'm getting desperated!
| > | >
| > | > TIA Thomas
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|