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Nooblet
Posts: 135 - Karma: 10
I just got a new laptop and whenever I try to watch a video full screen the video will run really slow and choppy, but when I make the video small again it runs just fine.   Anyone know why this is happening?  I mean this computer should slay everything it has 3gb ram, 250gb hard drive, a nice video card, and its brand new, any solutions?  BTW its using vista, and anyone know how to make the desktop icons smaller?  thanks
Mar 4 2009 4:29AM
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Meh42
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sounds like you may not have your video driver

if not, get VLC, it'll solve all video woes
Mar 4 2009 4:33AM
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Nooblet
Posts: 135 - Karma: 10
It's only on videos i watch online, like here and on vimeo, but youtube works fine fullscreen for some reason, does anyone know how to fix it?
Mar 4 2009 4:22PM
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H0NKY
Posts: 250 - Karma: 18
mabe its a shitty video
Mar 4 2009 5:08PM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
=D  thank you.
Mar 4 2009 5:52PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
make sure your drivers are updated. also, no matter how kickass your computer is, your internet can always be slow.
Mar 4 2009 5:54PM
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Nooblet
Posts: 135 - Karma: 10
I was just sayin that it has a lot of free space, if your hard drive is small and full of crap everything is gonna run real slow, you don't have to be dick

plus if I didnt say that someone would probably tell me to check if I have enough free space on my hard drive..............
Mar 4 2009 5:56PM
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Nooblet
Posts: 135 - Karma: 10
Thanks for the replies, I know it's not slow because of my internet speed, the video runs just fine when its small screen, but when I make it go full it just runs real slow, even if it's fully downloaded
Mar 4 2009 5:57PM
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k-rob
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yeah you probably just need to update your video drivers then.
Mar 4 2009 5:59PM
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