Thats a glitch (bug) in da movie codec.. U can experience da same situation when you try to open da movie in WMPlayer and MPClassic at da same time.. The movie tries to open da codec givin same instructions BUT da codec wont support playin 2 at once so it supports 2 da 1st request .. So da 2n request (MSPaint in diz issue) Copies da same thing .. Try moving MSPaint to somewhere and Ul c dat Ur movie is still (TRY!!) Thr r some othr glitches also with da WindowsMedia Codec, But they are somewhat corrected in da version which comes along with WMP 11 .. (But not dis) .. Wutever ..