Bark4soul, I have the same problems as you have described. I've tried the
1) Open a command window (Start->Run, type in 'cmd' hit enter)
2) To remove image preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll
4) To remove media preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
from the prescribed link to disable my media and image previews. But, that only fixes the explorer crashing problem. My WMP (and WMC) still crashes when I attempt to play an avi file.
I've tried to delete the default key but it's read only (I don't have permission to delete or remove the read-only permission).
I've even amended the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >SOFTWARE >Classes > CLSID > {87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}> InProcServer32
key according to this post
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v31/vic31.htm (which was a link from your link Po).
Have you fixed the problem Bark4soul or do you have any other ideas Po'Girl?