Thanks LOTR, will wrestle with Zalrm, it is a problem with ZA to set up networks and file sharing,or perhaps ZA conflicts with router more than XP,if XP didnt turn itself off i'd stick with it, thankyou for help,much appreciated. as the guru said'' If nothing changes, all will stay the same''
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Just a Quickie LOTR, on the VLC 'Preview' thing, tried the ''Launch'' from Incomplete window and it didn't work, when video completed, VLC played it ok,
When I tried from incomplete on disc,you get an error message and the option to ' mend avi file' when 'launch' from incomplete window on LW nothing happened at all? and as you said no preview file raised,I'd hoped 'Launch' would work but fraid not.It's a pain not having preview option,should I go back to Divx? or is there anything else i could try ?
Thanks for past advice,
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Well Well, just goes to show,going from incomplete folder on disc,clicking on file,vlc player offers option to ''Repair Avi File'' (This might take a long time) if I click '' NO'' I get to 'Preview' the file !!!!! If I click 'Preview' from Limewire, nothing happens, so have to go to ''Incomplete Folder'' anyway. So at long last I get to preview files.Thanks for help good peopleHope this helps others who can't Preview files with Vlc !!

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