WMPlayer.exe Freezes Computer (MP3)

[rootj4m13]

Hey,
I was just wanting some advice or even a solution if available.
Manufacturer: Packard Bell NEC
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Hard Drive: 250 GB
Video Card: RADEON 9550
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Sound Card: Realtek AC97 Audio
Speakers/Headphones: Realtek AC97 Audio
Thats my specs and Im trying to run windows media player to play music
that I have stored on an external harddrive. Its fine for the first few
songs usually then its runs very slow CPU going up to around 70-95%
making it barley possible to close it in taskmgr.
I have no problems running games, office work etc its only when I play
music.
Thanks, Jamie.

 

[Guest]

Is there any other device that is plugged in when you are listening to
music? For eg, a pocketpc or any such device? If yes, unplug the device
before you start listening to music in wmplayer and let me know the results.

However, if the above doesnt work or doesnt apply, go to the task manager
and copy the data and reply.

Cheers...

 

[rootj4m13]

svchost.exe 1160 C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
Opera.exe 2752 C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe
Explorer.EXE 444 C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
winamp.exe 2984 C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe
ehRecvr.exe 1360 C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe
WINWORD.EXE 3588 C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE
NSRTray.exe 2704 C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~2\NSR\Agent\NSRTray.exe
dllhost.exe 3736 C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllhost.exe
PrcView.exe 844 C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks Premier\Process
Viewer\PrcView.exe
NPROTECT.EXE 2160 C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~2\NORTON~1\NPROTECT.EXE
svchost.exe 992 C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
spoolsv.exe 1804 C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
wmiprvse.exe 2012 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
csrss.exe 712 C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe
ehmsas.exe 2224 C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe
svchost.exe 1076 C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
atiptaxx.exe 2312 C:\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
ctfmon.exe 2956 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
svchost.exe 2732 C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
svchost.exe 1380 C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
ccSvcHst.exe 1440 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec
Shared\ccSvcHst.exe
Ati2evxx.exe 1248 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
alg.exe 1392 C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe
services.exe 784 C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
svchost.exe 1256 C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
Ati2evxx.exe 972 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
NOPDB.EXE 2692 C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~2\NORTON~1\SPEEDD~1\NOPDB.EXE
MDM.EXE 2020 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
mcrdsvc.exe 3016 C:\WINDOWS\ehome\mcrdsvc.exe
ehSched.exe 1480 C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe
SOUNDMAN.EXE 2864 C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE
AppSvc32.exe 1556 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec
Shared\AppCore\AppSvc32.exe
jusched.exe 2388 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\jusched.exe
VProSvc.exe 2064 C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~2\NSR\Agent\VProSvc.exe
winlogon.exe 740 C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
ehtray.exe 2240 C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe
lsass.exe 796 C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
ALUSchedulerSvc.exe 1192 C:\Program
Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe
slserv.exe 2540 C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe
ccApp.exe 2524 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
symlcsvc.exe 2820 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec
Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
smss.exe 660 C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
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Process Name ID Location
Saved via norton Process Viewer.

The only RM I have connected is my external harddrive.
I have tried removing WMP11 runtimes and rolling back to WMP10 and
still no success.
I have only had this problem since a format a few days ago due to
wanting to install Norton on a fresh computer.
Im running Norton 2007 (Internet Security,Save and Restore,
SystemWorks)

Winamp can play my files fine, it just seems to be WMP I have even
disabled visualisations incase its my video card and removed the K-Lite
Codec pack incase of confilicts. I have alos re-installed my aduio
drivers and still no luck.

 

[rootj4m13]

Detailed Process Information:
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/6794/123zs5.gif
winamp is playing my files fine as you can see from above.