Thumbnails For QuickTime Files In Windows XP?

Windows XP shows thumbnail previews of video files in Windows Explorer. However, it doesn't show thumbnails for QuickTime files. Does anyone know why this is? Does Windows Vista also share this problem? Is there a way to add this feature to Windows XP?

One other thing to explore - do these particular files begin with Black Video?
Good luck,
Hunt

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