Video Wont Play With Vista Laptop

[gummie]

hi i just got a laptop..
acer aspire 5536

ati radeon hd 3200 graphics.

with vista home premium..

anyway, video will play when im on a webpage, but no videos work if i use winamp or windows media..

how do i go about fixing this????

please help.
thank you

 

[ghost]

Sounds like you might not have the correct codec installed to view the videos. Try a free codec pack like Xvid.

 

[Bodaggit23]

The Combined Community Codec Pack always works for me.

 

[gummie]

thank you.. i downloaded what "ghost" said & it works now. thank you very much

 

[dak1b]

The Combined Community Codec Pack always works for me.

yee thats the best! i love it

 

[elliot_c]

I never get why microsoft does not just bundle it with windows...

 

[PatPheFox]

I never get why microsoft does not just bundle it with windows...

microsoft is inefficient.... but since they dominate the market , we're stuck with billy

EDIT: not inefficient at making money more product user-friendlyness