Date: 07/21/07 (Software)    Keywords: no keywords

What do I need to do to watch downloaded AVI? None of them are working since I reinstalled Windows XP. I installed my videocard and soundcard drivers, both latest. When I open Windows Media Player, I get an error message, saying in a convoluted way somethings wrong with my codecs and I need the right ones. I put in Direct X (said yes to everything), no difference. I then put in Combined Community Codec Pack, which a friend told me solves nearly all these codec "problems". I get sound now, and instead of a completely black image, I get a really really dark grey of everything, on my maximum contrast/brightness. I don't know what else to "download" or install. Please help. How do we get "raw" Windows installations compatible with the content the Internet throws at us TODAY?

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