Hydravision breaks Sun Java

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I've just uninstalled the full version & replaced it with the basic edition
& i don't have a problem...


"jamie anderson" <jra_2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41015df3@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> I've been having a problem with a java video demuxing problem called
> ProjectX. When i tried to start it, the process javaw.exe used up all my
cpu
> resources & made my computer unresponsive, requiring a restart or
> termination of the javaw.exe process. This would occur every time the
applet
> was launched.
>
> I searched google for answers & the closest i got to one was that
> ad-blocking software may cause similar behaviour, so i disabled Norton
> Internet Security, but the problem remained. I then tried manually killing
> processes & then trying ProjectX. When i stopped the HydraDM.exe process
> (from the Hydravision Full Edition-3-25-0006 suite) , it worked!
>
> Since then, i've found that terminating this process alone allows ProjectX
> to work as it is supposed to. I've got the latest full edition Hydravision
> version from the ATi website installed & have never noticed it to cause
> problems before, however on reflection, i have always had a few minor
> "locking-up" issues with Sun Java... especially with the Java Plug-in
applet
> in the WinXP Control Panel & occaisional slow downs in some java games
(like
> Bejewelled, etc). These all disappear when HydraDM.exe is not running.
>
> Previously i'd thought that since Sun & Microsoft are not exactly best
> friends, that these glitches with java were likely to be a result of a
> relative lack of interest by Sun in the Windows platform, but now i'm
> wondering whether the fault is ATi's...
>
> If anyone else has had a similar experience, please share it here
>
> thanks,
> j.a.
>
>