Who wants to be a millionaire se problem...

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JOSEPH PERRY

hi there!
i had been playing this game for weeks w/o any
problem...then, this morning, i start getting a popup
saying "unable to use DirectShow"...HELP! i've got xp
pro, 1 gig of ram, an amd athlon xp 2100+ pocessor,
geforce 5200 ultra videocard (with directx 9),
soundblaster audigy mpg+ soundcard...i'm stumped! HELP!
thanks guys!
 
Hi Joseph,

Do you have a recent restore point you can go back to?

Try Win XP's System Restore to return your system to a previously stable date:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
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_________________________________________________________

| hi there!
| i had been playing this game for weeks w/o any
| problem...then, this morning, i start getting a popup
| saying "unable to use DirectShow"...HELP! i've got xp
| pro, 1 gig of ram, an amd athlon xp 2100+ pocessor,
| geforce 5200 ultra videocard (with directx 9),
| soundblaster audigy mpg+ soundcard...i'm stumped! HELP!
| thanks guys!
 
hey jimmy!
thanks for the reply...i just did a system restore...but
the first earliest one was friday...that's another
thing...i've heard you should be able to go back WAY
further back than that...
well, i'm getting the SAME popup..."unable to use
DirectShow"...and i've read up on it a little bit
(DirectShow, i mean) and am more confused than ever...
-----Original Message-----
Hi Joseph,

Do you have a recent restore point you can go back to?

Try Win XP's System Restore to return your system to a previously stable date:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/
systemrestore.asp

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
Click to expand...
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

"JOSEPH PERRY" <[email protected]>
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wrote in message [email protected]...
 
Hi JP,

Perhaps you installed a 3rd party media player and it mixed
up the associations. Uninstall Windows Media Player, then
download and install the latest one from Microsoft and allow
it to create the default file associations during installation. If
you still have problems download and install DX 9.0b as well.

Keep your antivirus shut down while installed trusted products! :-)

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

| hey jimmy!
| thanks for the reply...i just did a system restore...but
| the first earliest one was friday...that's another
| thing...i've heard you should be able to go back WAY
| further back than that...
| well, i'm getting the SAME popup..."unable to use
| DirectShow"...and i've read up on it a little bit
| (DirectShow, i mean) and am more confused than ever...
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Joseph,
| >
| >Do you have a recent restore point you can go back to?
| >
| >Try Win XP's System Restore to return your system to a
| previously stable date:
| >
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/
| systemrestore.asp
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >"JOSEPH PERRY" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | [email protected]...
| >| hi there!
| >| i had been playing this game for weeks w/o any
| >| problem...then, this morning, i start getting a popup
| >| saying "unable to use DirectShow"...HELP! i've got xp
| >| pro, 1 gig of ram, an amd athlon xp 2100+ pocessor,
| >| geforce 5200 ultra videocard (with directx 9),
| >| soundblaster audigy mpg+ soundcard...i'm stumped! HELP!
| >| thanks guys!
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
-----Original Message-----
hi there!
i had been playing this game for weeks w/o any
problem...then, this morning, i start getting a popup
saying "unable to use DirectShow"...HELP! i've got xp
pro, 1 gig of ram, an amd athlon xp 2100+ pocessor,
geforce 5200 ultra videocard (with directx 9),
soundblaster audigy mpg+ soundcard...i'm stumped! HELP!
thanks guys!
.
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Hmm...check if ur games saved files arent corrupted..try
deleting the latest saved file u have...Obviously m ake a
copy of it :O...runthe game and f it works...U will have
to play the round again or whatever :D
 
i've tried system restore...the first thing i did was
uninstall and then reinstalled so i have no saved game
files...it's the "unable to use DirectShow" popup that's
got stupmed...i'd never heard of directshow before seeing
that...i'm to top it all off, i'm CLUELESS and a pc
newbie! i appreciate the ideas though...anyhoo, what the
heck is directshow anyway and why has it done this to me?
i miss my regis!!!!
-----Original Message-----
Hi Joseph,

Do you have a recent restore point you can go back to?

Try Win XP's System Restore to return your system to a previously stable date:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp
/systemrestore.asp

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
Click to expand...
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

"JOSEPH PERRY" <[email protected]>
Click to expand...
wrote in message [email protected]...
 
Hi Joseph,

Just in case you missed my 2nd reply ;-) ....

Hi JP,

Perhaps you installed a 3rd party media player and it mixed
up the associations. Uninstall Windows Media Player, then
download and install the latest one from Microsoft and allow
it to create the default file associations during installation. If
you still have problems download and install DX 9.0b as well.

Keep your antivirus shut down while installed trusted products! :-)

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

| i've tried system restore...the first thing i did was
| uninstall and then reinstalled so i have no saved game
| files...it's the "unable to use DirectShow" popup that's
| got stupmed...i'd never heard of directshow before seeing
| that...i'm to top it all off, i'm CLUELESS and a pc
| newbie! i appreciate the ideas though...anyhoo, what the
| heck is directshow anyway and why has it done this to me?
| i miss my regis!!!!
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Joseph,
| >
| >Do you have a recent restore point you can go back to?
| >
| >Try Win XP's System Restore to return your system to a
| previously stable date:
| >
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp
| /systemrestore.asp
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >"JOSEPH PERRY" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | [email protected]...
| >| hi there!
| >| i had been playing this game for weeks w/o any
| >| problem...then, this morning, i start getting a popup
| >| saying "unable to use DirectShow"...HELP! i've got xp
| >| pro, 1 gig of ram, an amd athlon xp 2100+ pocessor,
| >| geforce 5200 ultra videocard (with directx 9),
| >| soundblaster audigy mpg+ soundcard...i'm stumped! HELP!
| >| thanks guys!
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
thanks so much jimmy! you were right on! uninstalled wmp,
then reinstalled as default, reinstalled millionaire, now
i've got my regis back! thanks so much!
-----Original Message-----
Hi Joseph,

Just in case you missed my 2nd reply ;-) ....

Hi JP,

Perhaps you installed a 3rd party media player and it mixed
up the associations. Uninstall Windows Media Player, then
download and install the latest one from Microsoft and allow
it to create the default file associations during installation. If
you still have problems download and install DX 9.0b as well.

Keep your antivirus shut down while installed trusted products! :-)

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
Click to expand...
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

"JOSEPH PERRY" <[email protected]>
Click to expand...
wrote in message [email protected]...
| i've tried system restore...the first thing i did was
| uninstall and then reinstalled so i have no saved game
| files...it's the "unable to use DirectShow" popup that's
| got stupmed...i'd never heard of directshow before seeing
| that...i'm to top it all off, i'm CLUELESS and a pc
| newbie! i appreciate the ideas though...anyhoo, what the
| heck is directshow anyway and why has it done this to me?
| i miss my regis!!!!
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Joseph,
| >
| >Do you have a recent restore point you can go back to?
| >
| >Try Win XP's System Restore to return your system to a
| previously stable date:
| >
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp
| /systemrestore.asp
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
|
_________________________________________________________
| >
| >"JOSEPH PERRY" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | [email protected]...
| >| hi there!
| >| i had been playing this game for weeks w/o any
| >| problem...then, this morning, i start getting a popup
| >| saying "unable to use DirectShow"...HELP! i've got xp
| >| pro, 1 gig of ram, an amd athlon xp 2100+ pocessor,
| >| geforce 5200 ultra videocard (with directx 9),
| >| soundblaster audigy mpg+ soundcard...i'm stumped! HELP!
| >| thanks guys!
| >
| >
| >.
| >


.
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Great news Joseph! I'll add this solution to the bag of tricks then!

Thanks for posting! :-)
Jimmy.

| thanks so much jimmy! you were right on! uninstalled wmp,
| then reinstalled as default, reinstalled millionaire, now
| i've got my regis back! thanks so much!
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Joseph,
| >
| >Just in case you missed my 2nd reply ;-) ....
| >
| >Hi JP,
| >
| >Perhaps you installed a 3rd party media player and it
| mixed
| >up the associations. Uninstall Windows Media Player,
| then
| >download and install the latest one from Microsoft and
| allow
| >it to create the default file associations during
| installation. If
| >you still have problems download and install DX 9.0b as
| well.
| >
| >Keep your antivirus shut down while installed trusted
| products! :-)
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >"JOSEPH PERRY" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | [email protected]...
| >| i've tried system restore...the first thing i did was
| >| uninstall and then reinstalled so i have no saved game
| >| files...it's the "unable to use DirectShow" popup
| that's
| >| got stupmed...i'd never heard of directshow before
| seeing
| >| that...i'm to top it all off, i'm CLUELESS and a pc
| >| newbie! i appreciate the ideas though...anyhoo, what
| the
| >| heck is directshow anyway and why has it done this to
| me?
| >| i miss my regis!!!!
| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >Hi Joseph,
| >| >
| >| >Do you have a recent restore point you can go back to?
| >| >
| >| >Try Win XP's System Restore to return your system to a
| >| previously stable date:
| >| >
| >|
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp
| >| /systemrestore.asp
| >| >
| >| >--
| >| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| >| Shell / User
| >| >Jimmy S.
| >| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >| >
| >| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| >| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| >| http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >| >MS Support at:
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| >| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor
| do I
| >| confer any rights.
| >|
| >_________________________________________________________
| >| >
| >| >"JOSEPH PERRY" <[email protected]>
| >| wrote in message | >| [email protected]...
| >| >| hi there!
| >| >| i had been playing this game for weeks w/o any
| >| >| problem...then, this morning, i start getting a
| popup
| >| >| saying "unable to use DirectShow"...HELP! i've got
| xp
| >| >| pro, 1 gig of ram, an amd athlon xp 2100+ pocessor,
| >| >| geforce 5200 ultra videocard (with directx 9),
| >| >| soundblaster audigy mpg+ soundcard...i'm stumped!
| HELP!
| >| >| thanks guys!
| >| >
| >| >
| >| >.
| >| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
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