avi clip-"ran out of memory"

I've read several old threads(3-4yrs back) about WMP giving an error
message 
with C00D11C6 "ran out of memory".  I've downloaded an avi clip that gives
me 
this error and, no sound, no video.  Surely after 4 yrs somebody has a fix

for this issue. I'm running an XP OS with Core 2 Duo running at 1333MHz
with 
3 Gb of RAM and 4 Gb of DDR2 SDRAM cache, also with 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 
8300GS....so I CAN'T be out of memory...what gives.  I've downloaded a
codec 
from DivX...6.2 I think, and still no go. Hope I've provided enough info. 
 
I've also ensured the the little check box is set in WMP for "avi" files.
Any ideas....?