Latest quicktime playback problem

I just recently updated to the latest quicktime player. When I play videos or podcasts(which I never had a problem w/the last version)the video colors are inverted. In other words the video plays fine but the image is blown out. This problem goes away if I have the cursor over the image, but when you do that the player controls come up and cover up the video. Is anyone else having this issue?? I tried to go back to an old restore point to get back to my older version of quick-time but that didnt work. Some of the files were not there and I got an error message. If you have any suggestions it would be much appreciated.
  Windows XP  

let's try working through the following document. (itunes uses QT for video playback, so the same general troubleshooting techniques are applicable.)
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