Does previewing mpeg-2 files cause the Finder to hang in Leopard?

In Tiger, previewing an mpeg-2 file in column view in the Finder causes a spinning beach ball for ages. Has this been fixed in Leopard?

This is probably your Norton software doing its best to ruin your mac.
I would start by trying to uninstall the Norton/symantec stuff. Then take any of the norton installer discs you have and burn them. I would also bury the ashes.
Maybe a safe boot would work to try to start up so you can uninstall the norton.
Barring that you may just have to start from scratch and reinstall everything (except the norton stuff).
Then never never never buy anything from symantec again.
Hope this helps.

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