# MovieStim1/2/3 errors/pause/crash

**URL:** https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/moviestim1-2-3-errors-pause-crash/1920
**Category:** Coding
**Tags:** movies
**Created:** [February 15, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/moviestim1-2-3-errors-pause-crash/1920 "2017-02-15T13:17:17Z")
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### Author: ![baya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@baya](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/baya)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/moviestim1-2-3-errors-pause-crash/1920/4 "2017-03-06T14:45:19Z")

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Solved! In case anyone encounters a similar problem:

Based on this topic:

> [@Randomly 'python.exe has stopped working' - After Windows update?](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/randomly-python-exe-has-stopped-working-after-windows-update/1232/9):
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> Running python (the “python.exe” file) in XP compatibility mode and giving it administrator rights (don’t know if that’s necessary…) seems to alleviate the problem for me for the time being. Since my task isn’t time critical, that’s OK for me, but I don’t know if this setting affects performance in more demanding taks? /Thomas K.

I installed pygame and set that to be the first option, before pyo. Now I can present a movie using MovieStim2 without freezing and without crashes.

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