games not working - HELP

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GKC

I have:
-Win 2000 Pro
-Amtel 2100+
-512MB RAM
-120G HD
-Soundblaster Live!
-ATI Radeon 8500 All-in-one (128MB)

I rarely play games but found that a few are now not working. I have done a
lot of updating since these games were last successfully played so it's
difficult to pinpoint the reason. Here is what happens:

Part way into Jeopardy, I get:
"L_SEQNCR.C open video stream; unable to open AVI file named
"D:\jeopardy\videos\filemane.avi", error code-2147221008. This usually means
that you don't have the video decompressor needed, see the multimedia
control panel to add one (maybe you are missing INDEO 5.0?)"

Part way into Microsoft Links, I get:
a blue screen with....
"*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0xFFFFFF8F, 0x0000002, 0x0000000, 0xBFD416EE
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
*** Address BFD416EE base at BFD30000, datestamp 3b78d09d-emu10k1f.sys
beginning dump of memory"

In You Don't Know Jack, The system reboots shortly after the game starts.

Here is what I have done:
1. Checked INDEO 5.0. (Control Panel -> Sounds and Multimedia->
Hardware ->Video Codecs -> Properties -> Properties). INDEO 5.10 is shown
and it is shown as enabled and working properly. (11 others are also shown)
2. "emu10k1f.sys" is a soundblaster driver. I removed and reinstalled the
driver.
3. I removed 11 MS security patches, Service Patch 4, an update to Windows
Media Player and the newest version of Windows Media Player - all or which
have been installed since the games last functioned.
4. Removed an updated Pivot program. (to allow an LCD monitor to operate in
Portrait mode.)
5. I have played the named *.avi file from Jeopardy in Windows Media Player
and it works!
6. Needless to say, my anti-virus software is up-to-date and the system is
clean.
7. Searched the MSKB and MANY newsgroups for answers.

Nothing that I have done fixes the problem!

Anyone have any ideas for this poor struggling sole?

Thanks in advance,
GKC
 
GKC,
Have you tried updating your video drivers for your ATI Radeon 8500? You
will want to make sure you have the latest Catalyst drivers for it. You can
find them at ATI website.
 
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