Hey everyone. On my old computer, my dvd's ran just fine. On my new one, the movies play okay but theres a constant stuttering of the video and sound. I have an AMD 1800XP, 396 RAM, Geoforce mx200, Win XP, my hard drive has plenty of space... it seems to do alot of work during the movies though according to the HD light... I cant figure out why its not running right. Any ideas?

Try hitting ctrl-alt-del and then using task manager to see what all is running also check the processes page to see what is using all the cpu cycles.

aloha todd. you have to set your cd-rom to DMA (direct memory access) mode.To turn on DMA in Windows 2000:In Control Panel, click the System icon and click the Hardware tab. Open Device Manager. Select IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. Right-click the Primary IDE Channel icon and select Properties. Click the Advanced Settings tab, and select the DMA check-box (if it