Partial sound failure

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From: DeweyBad (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/19/04


Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:10:36 -0700

Try getting the new version of windows media player and
reinstall it from the website.
>-----Original Message-----
>System; ASUS P2-B mother board with an Intel Pentium III
500 MHz
>processor and 256 MB of RAM. Running Windows XP Pro
Version 2002
>with SP 2. This is an old home built system that has
always
>worked flawlessly.
>
>I updated to SP2 several weeks ago, and had no problems
except
>that my 10 GB C: drive was nearly full. Last week I
bought a new
>Western Digital 120 GB hard drive and cloned my old C:
drive to
>the new one. All went very well and the system is now
fully
>operational...except I can not play .wav or .mp3 files.
I can
>play .mid files, so the sound card and sound system must
be okay.
>Windows Media Player opens and looks like it is playing
when I
>call for a .mid or a .wav file, but there is no sound.
>
>Any ideas as to what might be squirreled up?
>.
>



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