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I have an Dell Latitude C640 laptop(configaration Intel Pentium 4 processor 1.9 G.Hz, 512 kb chache,512MB RAM and Combodrive(CD R/RW and DVD-ROM)) Detailes of the problem Now the problem is, when i play the DVD video for first time it will play properly for 30 min, after that the DVD video play will become slow(often struck up)and it wont play any DVD Video. Then if i shutdown the system for around 10 hrs DVD video start working properly for 30 min and again the same problem as i described. Except the DVD Video everthing is OK.

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You probably need to clean out the pc. Get rid of programs that are not needed or used. Do a "Disk Cleanup", Defrag until it takes only about 1-2 min to complete. Get an Anti-spyware/malware as well as an Anti-spyware program and run it once a week. You might want to also invest in more RAM. 512mb these days isnt much.

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