[Sound Mind]

I just discovered something.

This is a video playback problem.

Max Payne 2 worked, Quake III worked, FlatOut worked, et cetera, et cetera. Quicktime and Windows Media Player don't work.

May Payne 2 asked me to change my video settings before loading, so I did, and it loaded fine. Max Payne 1 asked me the same thing, but that didn't work. The difference being there are intro cutscenes (the same from GTA3) that are causing the computer to lock up. Some video is okay, and some is not, apparently. Because Doom 3, FlatOut, and other non-Rockstar games have intro cutscenes and they work fine.

Bearing in mind it's a strangely specific video playback problem, any ideas now?

I'm going to reinstall Windows Media Player and Quicktime and see what happens in the meantime.

Thanks for all your help, by the way.


EDIT - Also, a new discovery. I also have a TV Tuner card that used to work, and now suffers the same way Windows Media Player and Quicktime do. But the TV Tuner card is separate from the new video card. Which means this problem isn't a problem with the video card, but a driver conflict, I assume. So... I'm going to go ahead and uninstall the TV Tuner drivers and install new ones (probably old by now anyway). Just some more food for thought.