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[journey062393]

I have Norton 360. If I use Spybot, will that interfere with anything?

I also have problems with my video being distorted. I upgraded my power supply to 400 so that I could get a better video card. Was working fine and then all of a sudden every video playback method I use(Quicktime/Media Player/Real Player, etc.) are all distorted(video seems to skip every single second that goes by). Unless I right click on the file and use "play with HD Player", and then it will play fine. Any suggestions. HP wasnt understanding my problem, or my English for that matter, and basically had me uninstall Media Player. However the problem still persists.

[T-Bone]

Is there any new drivers or hardware installed recently? Some don't like to get along well with others.

As for Norton 360, it's a system hog so I hope you have plenty of memory Spybot isn't going to harm anything, but having it on the PC along with Ad-Aware and you may. They haven't liked each other since the newer versions came out about 6-8 months ago. I just go with Spybot now as it seemed to find more stuff than Ad-Aware did.

[wednesday's child]

I have Norton 360. If I use Spybot, will that interfere with anything?

No. Not IME.

I also have problems with my video being distorted. I upgraded my power supply to 400 so that I could get a better video card. Was working fine and then all of a sudden every video playback method I use(Quicktime/Media Player/Real Player, etc.) are all distorted(video seems to skip every single second that goes by). Unless I right click on the file and use "play with HD Player", and then it will play fine. Any suggestions. HP wasnt understanding my problem, or my English for that matter, and basically had me uninstall Media Player. However the problem still persists.

Was working fine, and then went to pot...
Sounds like malware got in maybe, and is eating up resources.
You can try running HiJack This!, to get a snapshot listing of all
processes while you're playing video. Post the list to a 'puter-geek
forum, and they can tell you if there's something odd running,
and should be removed. Other possible causes, but diagnosis
would depend on your system spec.

-wech