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05-17-2010, 09:08 PM
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Just noticed this in the past couple of months with my computer. It seems that WMP is affecting my CPU performance. Everything runs really slow when I play music files. When I open Windows Task Manager, it shows that WMP is sometimes using 50% of CPU memory. Should I obtain a different media player, or is there something wrong with my computer? Really strange as it never did this in the past. Thanks techies!
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05-17-2010, 09:50 PM
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Winamp is a good alternative.
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05-17-2010, 09:54 PM
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Definitely my #1 media player. Highly customizable, plus it's pretty easy to use. Also comes with Shoutcast Radio, which is better than most any radio out in this part of Texas.
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05-17-2010, 09:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | | also, Winamp has like a thousand plugins you can install for different formats, and has many more awesome skins than WMP.
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05-17-2010, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Thunderscreech  You need a new media player.
Winamp is a good alternative. | Is it freeware?
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05-17-2010, 10:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington, DC | | Also look into VideoLan, http://www.videolan.org/. It plays music and videos in any format.
You should also clean your registry and run some anti-malware/spyware/virus software.
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05-17-2010, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by rockambo Also look into VideoLan, http://www.videolan.org/. It plays music and videos in any format.
You should also clean your registry and run some anti-malware/spyware/virus software. | Thanks for the suggestion; I run CCleaner, Spybot, Auslogics Disk Defrag, and AVG antivirus weekly.
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05-17-2010, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by PolkaHero Is it freeware? | There is a freeware version, yes.
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05-18-2010, 07:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington, DC | | | Also, I completely uninstalled Windows Office and I run Open Office, I saw an immediate improvement in my processing power. It took awhile to convert, though.
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05-18-2010, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rockambo Also, I completely uninstalled Windows Office and I run Open Office, I saw an immediate improvement in my processing power. It took awhile to convert, though. | I used to run OpenOffice too until I got the MSOffice 2010 beta. Office 2010 totally KILLS!
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05-18-2010, 09:33 PM
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05-19-2010, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by rockambo Also, I completely uninstalled Windows Office and I run Open Office, I saw an immediate improvement in my processing power. It took awhile to convert, though. | The only problem with that is it isnt quite 100% compat. with the real deal office.
And when you have to give presentations on a computer that uses Office, everything goes a bit off!
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05-19-2010, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Thunderscreech I use Microsoft Office for Mac, so my PC doesn't get bothered | I believe there's an updated version of that coming but maybe not until 2011.
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05-19-2010, 09:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dallas-ish Texas | | | Yeah, thanks to the Free Software thread at the top of OT, I'm now a proud user of Winamp, Open Office, Clean up!, and FreeRam XP Pro.
My computer has never been cleaner or faster, and Winamp is still awesome.
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