Help! Windows Projector

I am fairly new to director 11 but am getting the hang of it.
My problem is windows projectors. I am in mac 10.5.4 and can
publish a mac projector fine but my windows projector give me a
"adobe projector has encountered a problem......has to close" (I'm
testing on windows XP). My movie is fairly simple. A menu with a
couple quicktime movies attached.
Here is my question:
How do I output a windows projector?
Any answer from a step by step walk through to a technical
explanation is welcome.
Thanks

Hi Nathan,
If you're using Quicktime, the issue you're seeinge may not
be due to a Director
specific problem but with QT 7. On certain computers
(Windows), I've experienced
Director crashing or closing as soon as a QT was imported,
appeared on stage, or
used in a certain way. I'm happy to tell you that this has
been fixed with QT
7.5.5. So, if you don't have the latest 7.5.5 QT Windows
update, I'd strongly
recommend it.
I have a tutorial on the process of creating a projector at:
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/publishing/projector.htm
While you're new to Director, I'd love to hear your thoughts
on the product in the
form of my survey. Please go to:
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/survey/DirectorRoadmap/
and enter what responses you can.
Thanks.
regards
Dean
Director Next Roadmap Survey
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/survey/DirectorRoadmap/
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http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
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