It's good to try all avenues but even if Jack responds, he may not be able to help.
The stand alone player has bad hair.
(I assume you tried the player with both Hal and putty off)
Also you reinstalled the player.
And it's still messed up.
So IMHO it's not the player.
Either a failing of video card (memory) or conflict with another program in computer.
Davy, can you do a system restore back to when it worked fine?
Then re-add your new programs one by one and check your player after each one.
If you not able to do a system restore, just delete your new programs and then put them back one by one and check each time with the player.