Windows media player 99% cpu usage??? HELP

[Nick Lee]

(First I needed a new thread) Why is this happing? I never really did anthing for this to happen. I tried Anti-viruses scans, AD-AwareSE and other stuff. I would listen to 1 or 2 songs and then the player would just go up to 89 to 99 percent usage. It would take forever to change/stop songs. I have no I Idea what HiJackThis is or how to use it. Is there any other sugestions, because I have a FALL BACK plan and it is what it says ... FALL BACK ... reformatt xp. If you need any other Information just ask.

 

[Peddant]

This is how to use HJT - http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/ and this is what to do before and after using HJT- https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic30213.html
Are you running visualizations ? They can use a lot of CPU.
You can also trying re-installing WMP.Sometimes works.

 

[Nick Lee]

Two things WMP used to run about 7 - 22% cpu before. Second, I can't re-install it if i can't remove it as it is not in add/remove programs.

 

[Peddant]

It has to be there somewhere - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/wmp10arp.htm
Perhaps if you downloaded a new copy it might just install/uninstall all in one go.Don`t quote me on this though. - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=en&qstechnology=

 

[ezminj]

Something I found on a separate forum that may apply... I was experiencing the same problem with WMP for a bit... it was using 70-99% CPU, regardless of whether I was running any other programs, stuttering, freezing, the "whole 9". I read on another post that a gent found a file that WMP wasn't able to read, but it was in his library, and upon deleting that the CPU returned to normal. I cleared out my library and ran a search for media (which is a pain, given I have around 40gb of just music,) and noticed that the search froze when trying to add a video file that hadn't completely downloaded. I deleted it, and !voila!... problem fixed. CPU Usage is back anywhere from 8-30% with no problems in the audio anymore. I posted the link to the other forum, but I thought this may help. I don't know if it would do the same with a corrupt audio file, but the video definitely seems to have an effect.

Here's the other post.