Re: toshiba laptop music slows down by half

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From: pid (clopid123_at_yahoo.com.ar)
Date: 02/27/04


Date: 27 Feb 2004 08:12:21 -0800

Thanks Lance. I have generated the text files with WMDDiag. Where
should I send it to?

I have also tried speeding up the media player as directed. Trouble
is, although Kylie has resumed her former pitch with playback speeding
up, her voice has gained a horrible vibrato!

Bernard

"Lance Zielinski [MSFT]" <lancez@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<#5j8wEz#DHA.3536@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> Hi Bernard,
>
> Sorry that I keep posting top level... I seem to be experiencing technical
> difficulties with posting three levels down.
>
> He's posted. He asked you to run the WMDiag utility at the following
> location:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c33b924e-a2ae-4f22-93ea-287753c52926&displaylang=en)
>
> And post the CAB file that you create.
>
> Another thing I remember about Windows Media Player 9... the fact that you
> can adjust music speed. Mayhap that you're running Kylie slower by
> accident?
>
> To play content at variable speeds
> 1.. Play content.
> 2.. On the View menu, point to Enhancements, and then click Play Speed
> Settings.
> 3.. In the Enhancements pane, move the Play Speed slider to the speed at
> which you want to play the content, or click the Slow or Fast links.
> Let me know if THIS works for you. :-) Otherwise, we await your CAB file
> so we can peek at it and see if you've got some system issue.
>
> --
> Lance Zielinski
> Microsoft Corporation
>
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> "pid" <clopid123@yahoo.com.ar> wrote in message
> news:c3d411f.0402102328.7d08f582@posting.google.com...
> > Dear all,
> > I need some advice on this. I have a Toshiba Tecra 1.5 GHz, 512 Mb.
> > Recently the sound/music is playing up in that:
> > 1) with the fist boot up, every bit of sound/music slows down by half.
> > Kylie Minogue sounds like Frank Sinatra.
> > 2) But with a reboot, the sound playback speed returns to normal!
> >
> > However, this happy state of things didn't last. Now the sound/music
> > just stays half speed. I have tried the following:
> >
> > 1) scan for virus. Done it three times in a day. Nothing found.
> > 2) scan for spyware. found some cookies. removed them. still no go.
> > 3) removed/inactivated more labour intensive software e.g. Flash MX,
> > Norton anti-virus, Zone alarm. still no go.
> > 4) defragmented the harddrive twice. no go.
> >
> > I have contacted the toshiba people who were less than helpful. Can
> > anyone please help?
> >
> > regards, Bernard



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