No video on .wmv files

i am trying to view a .wmv file. when i opened the file with windows media player, i got a message saying "this file may not play correctly because it was compressed by using a codec that is not supported." i clicked "ok" and could only receive the audio - no video. i did a little research and downloaded flip4mac. however, this didn't solve the problem.
can someone please help me? this is important!

"what do you mean "repair permissions"?"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 About Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions feature
TIP-You should Repair Permissions & restart:
After installing and/or updating an OS (Operating System).
After installing software.
After burning sessions

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