No Sound??

It sounded to me like two media players were trying to use the file at the same time.

Next I would go get the drivers from either the motherboard manufacturer or the sound card maker. then remove from Dev Man and reinstall. Did the computer shop mention a new BIOS?
And was your sound card part of the motherboard or an add-on?

con

 

Sorry Controler,

Your talking to a seventy year old Computer sem-illiterate here. (LOL)

Two Media Players?.....Drivers from Mobo and Sound Card manufacturers?......I'm not going to Comp shop 'til to-morrow.....so don't know about BIOS!!!

I don't know if my sound card is part of the Mobo or an add-on......I'm not helping much am I Dad?

I think I had better give it best until the morrow and see what the Man has to say.

Best Regards Cochise,

 

Hello

Can you right click on the media file you wish to play and select a different player other than MS media player? In other words, do you have more then one media player on your comuter?
Did yo8 have this problem after installing the new version media player? 9.0
Did you install another peice of software that started the problem?
If you click on the file to open it(without closing the error box) and hit CTL-ALT-DEL, do you see any other players listed as processes?

 

Sorry I never caught what OS you’re using, but in XP I had a similar problem. Mine came with a SoundBlaster sound card. Not saying it helps here, but my solution might contain a common thread toward a solution. I had to go to load/unload programs, uninstall SB Live, re-load off CD. Went to control panel > Sounds & Audio Devices – Volume tab > Advanced – select a speaker layout, then > Sounds tab – set to Windows Default, then Audio tab > Sound Playback Default Device - set to SB Live Wave Device, then Voice tab – Voice Playback Device – set to same, then Hardware tab > set to HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE8160B.

It assumes your OS has what it requires internally to interface with your sound card. Not much and your OS likely has nothing in common, but felt it would be remiss not to speak up.

Good Luck and Best Regards, Rickster

 

Cochise Here,
Hurrah! I'm back in the saddle, complete with sound and all the rest of the missing gibbidge.

Sorry tho' folks I can't shed much light on the danged problem, my mending man said it appeared to be a glitch peculiar to Win 98se!!!!!......they just loaded all the nescessary files back in and that was that, it also had something to do with SoundMAXWDM whatever that is.

Still got one small problem, Shutdown freezes after clicking Re-start and I have to pull the plug and re-boot also getting screen freeze now and again, something I've never suffered with before!!!! so God knows whats wrong now.

But apart from that I think you should all have medals like frying pans for the help you have tendered on my behalf.

Very, Very Best Regards to you all, Cochise.

 

Hey great to hear it's working

Just in time for my great PC failure lol

Anyway I stuck with win98se for the longest time but when it had some strange corruption I put 2k pro on my main machine and I really have loved it - until my little Mcaffee problem I'm having now.. But I think I blame mcaffee not win2k ;-)

We'll see after the holiday weekend - plan to take it in then.

 

AAWWW! Man, Sorry to hear your on a bummer now mate. But in my limited knowledge one thing has always come up in conversations from numerous sources about McAffee and it's that most people wouldn't touch any of it with a Barge pole tied to two other Barge-poles, don't know if that helps you at all Detox LOL but it might explain a few things. Long live Win 98se. mind you I'am contemplating 2000.

I saw an article in one of my Mags that said "How to make your XP desk-top look like Win 98se? Now there's a switch eh?

Anyway, the best of British with your Pute, I'm off to see why mine won't shut-down. What WOULD we do without our Computers!

Regards Cochise.

 

Well - even through my devoted years of WIn98-ism my puter would only shut down properly 1 out of ten times or so... I as a big "WIN98" only due to privacy etc but I really think I learned that win2k is tops all around as far as being reliable, still independent, and able to effectively use all the resources of my other puter - not to mention it shuts down every time I say to

Anyway it's a littel late for me not to touch Mcaffee but hopefully I will find out next week from the guys who built my mean machine just what happened. COulda been coincidence; I suppose.

 

Try the new Mandrake Linux 9.2 RC1
it seems to work well and the open office will be included in the final.

I think XP seems more stable then 2K right now.

con

 

Re:McAffee

Hi

New here.
I wanted to share an observation, with all, with reference to McAffee.

A few months back I downloaded a simple tool from there sit on trial basis.
I found the programmers had created a very "Intrusive" type of program. As a rule when I run across this type of company on the inter-net I delete and shy away from them, when I use the word intrusive what I am saying is it's like they moved into your house without your approval. Much like,
let us say spyware.

Bottom line, bad manners, bad management.