unable to open realplayer-Help!

[cLuELeSS]

Hi everyone,

I installed realpayer but i could not open it. Whenever i try to load/play the program i keep getting the following error messages. I thought may be it is due to antivirus and firewall programs that i had, and i deleted them and tried to install and play realplayer without any success. What is going on wrong? I even updated my internet explorer to version 6, it did not work, then switched back to IE5, and still did not work. I am stuck. Anyone has any idea how to solve this problem? Please help!!!!

following is an error message that i get everytime i try to load realplayer:
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This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down etc.

REALPLAY caused a general protection fault
in module KRNL386.EXE at 0002:00007aaf.
Registers:
EAX=00000187 CS=0177 EIP=00007aaf EFLGS=00000283
EBX=006383b4 SS=44bf ESP=000083a8 EBP=006383b2
ECX=000044bf DS=0000 ESI=00000000 FS=0000
EDX=00000000 ES=0197 EDI=00000034 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
66 ad c6 46 fe 00 66 3d 01 00 ff ff 75 08 88 46
Stack dump:
003416bf bff783c4 83c8f3a4 16cf0d5a 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 bff714d9 0000018f 0063f3d8 60610197 00005387 00000ae0 007a6ab0 00000000
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Please help, thanks.

[Krell]

*pulls hair out*


I wont even go in to why I loathe this crap software, but your problem doesnt require reinstalling your browser to fix it.

Real is trying to access a memory range that is unavailable, and puking out the core of your Windows.

There are a few things that can contribute to this (besides Real being a pos) that can be lack of physical memory, or another problem in your windows environment. If you can install Real to another place besides Program Files, you m i g h t be able to get around this, (not too hopeful) but if it is the web install that doesnt allow you control, then your probably stuck.

There is a plugin that you can get to listen to rm files without havig to install Real Player, but I dont know where it is, and I would not consider it.

My gut says that your Windows is also old, and you are or will be having other problems too, you may want to consider a fresh install soon, just think about it, or moving to a newer O/S if possible.

And on a final note, I would NEVER sacrifice my antivirus and firewall for Real, not in a jillion years.

[Ken17625]

I get this every once and a while with Real Player 8. For some odd reason, if I simply open real player first, and then load the file from real player itself, it doesn't give me this problem at all........or at least 99% of the time.

Real Player is indeed a peice of fucking crap, but the compression of the .rm format as well as quality is awesome.

Its really ironic.