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    Okay... Vista is pissing me off.

    A few weeks ago, I started doing video editing in Sony Vegas. Much to my dismay, my computer would completely fall to pieces every time I'd try to do anything involving .AVI files. Folders would crash, programs would freeze, and I'd get this error on the screen reading, "COM Surrogate Has Stopped Working."

    I googled it, and discovered that it's quite a common Vista problem. It told me to install a new version of DivX and it should fix it up. So I did, and it did. Problem solved.

    Until today.

    Now I have a fully functioning version of DivX, and suddenly my computer has started spazzing out when I try to open a folder containing .AVI's. Once again, my COM Surrogate is failing to do its job.

    I've googled, and I can't find much else other than "install DivX"... but I already have. Has anyone else had this problem? If so... how on earth did you fix it??

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    Default Re: Grr... fucking Vista! Help plz

    can't help you but I vow never to get Vista!

    In fact HP was selling all their laptops with Vista, then due to all the complaints now offer XP with their products! Just some trivia for you!

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    Yeah, it's really really fucked.

    I found a fix to the problem and it made the COM Surrogate thing go away... except now whenever I try to import an AVI to Vegas, Vegas crashes!

    ARGH!!!!

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    Default Re: Grr... fucking Vista! Help plz

    I can mail you a simple solution for your Vista problems. Give me an address, and I'll send you a sledgehammer or a baseball bat.

    I have Vista on my work computer, and it has given me headaches to no end.

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    Note to self - Buy a MAC for my next laptop

    .....yet another reason to stay away from Microsoft (not that I havn't already been given heaps already)


    enter: E3167322D9 for your 10% discount

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    Darcy, if you're still having a problem let me know, there is a vista codec pack you can use.

    To fix the com surrogate error, set your folder views to details or list. The com surrogate is a result of the thumbnails of images.

    I'll send you the codec pack if you need it.
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