Netflix Instant Play - IE 6 Crash

I use an IBM (nee Lenovo!) T60 laptop and recently replaced my entire machine with another one, except for the hard disk. The old hard disk in a new laptop created some interesting problems. For example, iTunes forced me to register my laptop as a separate machine ("This is your second registration out of a maximum 5"). Another irritating problem was that IE (I'm still on 6, I use Firefox for browsing and IE only when forced to), kept crashing when I tried to play a movie via Netflix's Instant Viewing feature. This was weird because I'd been playing movies without any problems until last week, before I switched the hardware. Specifically, after clicking "Play", the screen would show "Determining video quality" and then the IE would crash. I did a quick search and found this link - http://smashedlife.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/netflix-instant-viewing-errors/

Based on the advice contained in that post, I downloaded the Netflix SDK Runtime Environment and the DRM Reset Utility. After installing the runtime environment and resetting the DRM I tried playing a movie - this time IE did not crash - instead, it prompted me to install another component and then played the movie. Problem solved!


Other system info -
OS - Windows XP Professional with SP2
Media Player - Windows Media Player v11
Browser - IE 6


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Movie Review - Flashbacks of a Fool

Based on the Rottentomatoes critics' consensus, I was a little reluctant renting this movie. I'm glad I wasn't dissuaded! This is an incredibly well directed movie with a superb cast, strong characters and some really good acting (Felicity Jones as the young Ruth is a delight). As another reviewer mentioned, the music by Roxy does stay with you. Ruth and Joe's first date, at her house, is a little reminiscent of the scene from Pulp Fiction where Vincent Vega goes to Marsellus' house to pick up Mia. In fact the discussion between Ruth and Joe on the relative merits of Bowie and Roxy is very Tarantion-esque (is that a word yet?).

I really enjoyed the movie and I think it is definitely worth your time (if you are the kind who likes the kind of movies I like :) ). posted by ubaid - Sunday, December 07, 2008 at 11:41 PM - 0 comments - post anonymously