Media files prevent Flash from fully loading external XML file

Im trying to debug a flash widget we created, and it loads
fine on the 20 odd computers we tested on EXCEPT for one computer
where, the application doesn't load an external XML file that calls
for 3 small mp3 files and a FLV file to load as well.
In a debugger, we noticed that when it tried to load these
mp3 files it was getting a Forbidden access message. The FLV just
prevents the FLV player from showing up at all (not even the skin).
Can anyone figure out why, that it would work over all the
other computers and NOT the one? On that person's computer, we
tried it in IE, Firefox, even Chrome and the application doesn't
load. We even cleared the cache, did a hard refresh and still
nothing.
However, the other computers work just fine.
ALL the computers have the latest Flash software installed.
What could cause this problem?

Actually what worked was removing 'xmldoc' from the php script. So $data =$GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"]; instead of $data = xmldoc($GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"]);
Couldn't find anything about 'xmldoc'. Is it used for anything in php?
Anyway, the loading error went away, but then I got into problems with getting the return echoed values back. The textfield stayed empty even when saving the data.txt file worked.
I then placed the <stuff> tags between <root> tags and then flash got the sentences between the <stuff> tags back. Why does Flash need the returned xml output to be between <root> tags for it to see the content between the <stuff> tags? So why do I need to use echo("<root><stuff>Server unable to create file.</stuff></root>"); instead of cho("<stuff>Server unable to create file.</stuff>");?

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