Changing around problems may ignore problems in the source content, though.
If it should work: why doesn't it work? If it's a bug in Windows, you would
probably want it fixed. If it's a bug in the content or encoding, maybe
that tool can also be fixed. =)

Peter, is there a sample clip showing this problem that I can take a look
at? A URL would be very helpful.

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"oscar" <oscar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I had problems with my old .wmv files from my XP machine that were created
>by
> software other than Movie Maker. WMP11 either wouldn't play them or would
> hang up on fast forward. I spent a couple hours trying to get a Microsoft
> fix
> with no luck.
> Solution? Download GOM player http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html and use
> that to view those old files. It's freeware. Bye-bye problem.
>
> oscar
>
> "Peter Haumer" wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>> I installed Vista Ultimate 32 bit edition and having trouble playing my
>> collection of WMV files that work perfectly fine under Windows XP
>> Mediaplayer 11. Double-clicking any of my .wmv files causes an C00D1199
>> error (displayed in a browser after clicking the Help button of the error
>> dialog). Am I missing any codecs on Vista that are available on XP?
>> The
>> files are unprotected and work fine on any XP machine I tried playing
>> them.
>>
>> Thanks and best regards,
>> Peter.
>>
>>
>>