No Video Capabilities...HELP!

[babiesis67]

I downloaded some games and it made my Win7 all 'buggy'...I ran Malwarebytes, seems to be okay. But now, I can't view any shows online due to everything i've done just to restore the damage. I have run/ installed flashplayer, time and time again, along with RealPlayer and adobe apps..Still, I get nothing...what could I be doing wrong? I don't know what was factory installed in the Win7 in order to reinstall the components I need to do my online viewing. Thanks in advance if you can help me get my 'view' back

 

[edmond419]

Might as well reinstall...

Before reinstall:
- Write down brands of your sound card, GPU, and your primary network adapter
- Make sure you have a Windows 7 CD to reinstall with

After reinstall:
- Use device manager and tell it to look for sound drivers, and for the GPU if nessessary, but it's unlikely for me, so as for your network adapter
- Install what you need. Normally for online viewing like YOutube you need Adobe Flash Player. Along with it would be extras like your word processor, the adobe apps, and maybe a firefox. Plus MalwareBytes and your antivirus

Afterwards...
- Try your video again

Before reinstalling, backup your data, because I've seen alot and alot of cries around the Tom's Forums that looks like a case of hard drive failure during installation (which I find strange to have such a number of people)

 

[vvhocare5]

Do you have a restore point from before you downloaded the crappy apps? I would start there first.

So a couple of lessons in here - dont install those crappy flash games. If you MUST then set a restore point before doing that. While Im here, set restore points for anything you change...

What are you doing with Realplayer - another worthless poc product on this planet. If you want a good and free player use vlc - just make sure you get it from vlc.org and not one of the spam sites.

If thats not working then reinstall...