Problem playing movies

When I am playing a rental movie from Itunes this pops up periodically even though no input has been entered into the computer, when cancel is pressed the movie continues to play.
Otherwise movies download and play normally.
I tried changing the energy saver settings but this had no effect, this is the only time it does it.

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In order to play HD video content purchased from iTunes all the components of your system, including your projector, must support the HDCP standard. See this article for reference -
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Quote from: Karlosczech on 10-July-05, 17:03:00
Hello,
I have just upgraded from MSI Gf FX 5950 ultra to MSI 6800Gt AGP, and I have problems when playing all movies.
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