Re: error id # 0.80040256

From: Chris Lanier [MVP] (cal2002a_at_hotmail.NOSPAM.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:02:10 -0500

A search would have given you the answer. :)

Error 80040256/00040258 (No audio hardware is available, or the hardware is
not responding) and C00D11BA (Cannot play the file because there is a
problem with your sound device) along with most sound card related problems
can be fixed just reinstalling the drivers for the sound card.

Windows Media Player uses DirectSound to interface with the sound card, so
sound very well might work in other applications and just not WMP. More
information and tips can be found at http://tinyurl.com/3455d.

If reinstalling the drivers doesn't fix the problem then the next step you
should try is updating/reinstalling DirectX. DirectX can be downloaded at
http://tinyurl.com/97jw.

If you need help locating where to get the latest drivers for your sound
card try the following. Your Device Manager in Windows "should" supply the
information assume the sound card has been detected. To access the Device
Manager right click on My Computer and select the Device Manager tab. In
Windows XP goto the Hardware Tab and select Device Manager.

If you don't know how to access the Device Manager or it doesn't show your
card, than the easiest thing to do is download a free utility like Belarc
Advisor (http://tinyurl.com/5w6o). Run the installer then it will open a
webpage for you. Under Multimedia it will tell you the sound card or "Audio
Controller" you have in your PC. You may now goto that companies website
and download the drivers and reinstall them.

And if that doesn't help you will need to provide all the information you
can about your system in a reply in the newsgroup. http://tinyurl.com/2o4h9
will help you supply good information to your peer's to help you out. 

-- 
Chris Lanier
Microsoft MVP - Digital Media
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"scotty" <scotty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9F5743DC-2786-44F2-AA9A-AE8F2B7B4563@microsoft.com...
> I have the same error message after I reinstalled Windows XP, I defintely
do have a sound card , it was working an hour previous on the old
installation of Windows XP. Has this happened to anyone else aprt from me &
cindy here????
>
> "cindy" wrote:
>
> > my windows media player dosnt whant to work and the messege said that i
don have a sound card instelled on my computer? does i heve to buy the soud
card? where?

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