Equium M40x-230 - Vidoes doesn't play continous

Since purchasing the Equium M40x-230 in 2005, it has never been able to play online or offline video continously, the video stops to load for a few seconds to a minute at roughly 10 to 20 second intervals. This occurs whether using itunes, windows media player, or winamp.
I have downloaded the latest version of Adobe flash, but I am uncertain that this is a fault with the notebook itself. The operating system has been re-installed a few times but the problem remains. I have not this problem on a newer toshiba netbook.
The System information is:
OS windows XP SP3,
Intel (R) Pentium (R) M Processor - 1.86GHz,
512 of RAM.
Graphic Card - unknown
I would appreciate any information that might lead to a solution for this.
regards,
je6543

Hi
I dont know which videos you are watching but maybe you have to install a new codec pack. Just use Google to find such codec packs.
Furthermore I recommend VLC media player. Its a freeware player that can play the most audio and video files. Its freeware! :)
Check this!!!

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