I installed XP Pro SP 1 and upgraded to SP 2. Prior to this I had Windows
2000 Pro installed and my media player played cds. Now I get the above
referenced error in the subject line and the Sounds and Audio Devices
Properties are greyed out and inactive.

System Summary >>>

> Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. (P4S800)

> Chipset : SiS 648FX

> Processor : Intel Celeron @ 1800 MHz

> Physical Memory : 256 MB (1 x 256 DDR-SDRAM PC2700 @ 166 MHz)

> Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce2 MX 100/200 (DDR) [NV11DDR]

> Hard Disk : SAMSUNG SP0411N

> Hard Disk : WDC WD600BB-32CAA0

> Monitor Type : Delta Electronics 16 inchs

> Network Card : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS900 10/100 Ethernet
Adapter

> Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professionnal 5.01.2600 Service
Pack 2

> DirectX : Version 9.0c

<<< Mainboard >>>

> Manufacturer : System Manufacturer
>> General Information
Product : System Name
Version : System Version
Serial Number : SYS-1234567890
Unique ID : 00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000
Start mode : Power Switch
>> OEM Information
OEM #1 : 0
OEM #2 : 0

> Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC.
>> General Information
Product : P4S800
Version : REV 1.xx
Serial Number : xxxxxxxxxxx
Support MP : No

> Bios : Award Software, Inc.
>> General Information
Manufacturer : Award Software, Inc.
Version : ASUS P4S800 ACPI BIOS Revision 1006
Date : 31 December 2003
Address : 0xF000 on 256 KB
DMI Version : 2.3
>> Characteristics
Flashable : Yes
Socketed : Yes
>> Functionnality
APM : Yes
ACPI : Yes
ESCD : Yes
PnP : Yes
PCI : Yes
ISA : No
AGP : Yes
USB : Yes
PCMCIA : No
Smart Battery : No
>> Boot Information
Selectable Boot : Yes
CD-ROM Boot : Yes
PC Card (PCMCIA) Boot : No
I20 Boot : No
LS-120 Boot : No
1394 Boot : No
ATAPI ZIP Boot : No
Network Boot : No

<<< Multimedia >>>

> Device Audio : SiS7012 Audio Codec
>> General Information
Manufacturer : ASUSTeK Computer Inc
>> Codec Information
AC'97 support : Yes

> Device multimedia : AVIVideo
>> General Information
Device Fullname : AVIVideo
Device Alias : AVIVideo
Peripheral Type : digitalvideo
>> Device Information
Nom : Video for Windows
Version : 1.1
>> Device Capabilities
CommandEJECT : No
CommandPLAY : Yes
CommandRECORD : No
CommandSAVE : No
CommandAUDIO : Yes
CommandVIDEO : Yes
CommandFILES : Yes
>> Video Capabilities
CommandFREEZE : No
CommandLOCK : No
CommandREVERSE : Yes
CommandSTRETCH : Yes
CommandSTRETCH INPUT : No
CommandTEST : Yes
CommandSTILL : No
CommandPALETTES : Yes

> Device multimedia : CDAudio
>> General Information
Device Fullname : CDAudio
Device Alias : CDAudio
Peripheral Type : cdaudio
>> Device Information
Nom : CD Audio
>> Device Capabilities
CommandEJECT : Yes
CommandPLAY : Yes
CommandRECORD : No
CommandSAVE : No
CommandAUDIO : Yes
CommandVIDEO : No
CommandFILES : No

> Device multimedia : Sequencer
>> General Information
Device Fullname : Sequencer
Device Alias : Sequencer
Peripheral Type : sequencer
>> Device Information
Nom : MIDI Sequencer
>> Device Capabilities
CommandEJECT : No
CommandPLAY : No
CommandRECORD : No
CommandSAVE : No
CommandAUDIO : No
CommandVIDEO : No
CommandFILES : No

> Device multimedia : WaveAudio
>> General Information
Device Fullname : WaveAudio
Device Alias : WaveAudio
Peripheral Type : waveaudio
>> Device Information
Nom : Sound
>> Device Capabilities
CommandEJECT : No
CommandPLAY : No
CommandRECORD : No
CommandSAVE : Yes
CommandAUDIO : Yes
CommandVIDEO : No
CommandFILES : Yes

> Device multimedia : MPEGVideo
>> General Information
Device Fullname : MPEGVideo
Device Alias : MPEGVideo
Peripheral Type : digitalvideo
>> Device Information
Nom : DirectShow
Version : 6.04.2600.0
>> Device Capabilities
CommandEJECT : No
CommandPLAY : Yes
CommandRECORD : No
CommandSAVE : No
CommandAUDIO : Yes
CommandVIDEO : Yes
CommandFILES : Yes
>> Video Capabilities
CommandFREEZE : No
CommandLOCK : No
CommandREVERSE : No
CommandSTRETCH : Yes
CommandSTRETCH INPUT : No
CommandTEST : Yes
CommandSTILL : No
CommandPALETTES : Yes
CommandWINDOWS : Yes

> Audio Compression : Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC
>> General Information
Version : 4.0
Short Name : Microsoft IMA ADPCM
Description : Compresses and decompresses IMA ADPCM audio data.
Copyright : Copyright (C) 1992-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : Microsoft ADPCM CODEC
>> General Information
Version : 4.0
Short Name : MS-ADPCM
Description : Compresses and decompresses Microsoft ADPCM audio data.
Copyright : Copyright (C) 1992-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC
>> General Information
Version : 4.0
Short Name : Microsoft CCITT G.711
Description : Compresses and decompresses CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law
audio data.
Copyright : Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC
>> General Information
Version : 4.0
Short Name : Microsoft GSM 6.10
Description : Compresses and decompresses audio data conforming to the
ETSI-GSM (European Telecommunications Standards Institute-Groupe Special
Mobile) recommendation 6.10.
Copyright : Copyright (C) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Software CODEC
>> General Information
Version : 1.0
Short Name : TrueSpeech(TM)
Description : Compresses and decompresses DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM)
audio data.
Copyright : Copyright (C) 1993-1996 DSP Group, Inc.
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC
>> General Information
Version : 1.2
Short Name : Microsoft G.723.1
Description : Compresses and decompresses G.723.1 audio data.
Copyright : Copyright © 1996 Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : Windows Media Audio
>> General Information
Version : 4.2
Short Name : WM-AUDIO
Description : Compresses and decompresses audio data.
Copyright : Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation, 1999 - 2001
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net audio codec
>> General Information
Version : 3.2
Short Name : ACELP.net
Description : ACELP.net audio encoder/decoder. For licensing please
access HTTP: //www.sipro.com
Copyright : Copyright © 1995-99 Sipro Lab Telecom Inc., Montreal
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced)
>> General Information
Version : 1.9
Short Name : MPEG Layer-3 Codec
Description : bitrates up to 56kBit/s, mono and stereo codec (advanced)
Copyright : Copyright © 1996-1999 Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte
Schaltungen IIS
Status : Enabled

> Audio Compression : Microsoft PCM Converter
>> General Information
Version : 5.0
Short Name : MS-PCM
Description : Converts frequency and bits per sample of PCM audio data.
Copyright : Copyright (C) 1992-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Status : Enabled

> Video Compression : Cinepak Codec by Radius
>> General Information
Name : Cinepak Codec
Type : VIDC
Handler : cvid
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50
>> General Information
Name : MS H.263
Type : VIDC
Handler : I420
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2
>> General Information
Name : IR32
Type : VIDC
Handler : IV32
ICM version : 1010.0

> Video Compression : Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2
>> General Information
Name : IR32
Type : VIDC
Handler : IV32
ICM version : 1010.0

> Video Compression : Intel IYUV codec
>> General Information
Name : IYUV codec
Type : VIDC
Handler : IYUV
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Microsoft RLE
>> General Information
Name : MS-RLE
Type : VIDC
Handler : MRLE
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Microsoft Video 1
>> General Information
Name : MS-CRAM
Type : VIDC
Handler : MSVC
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Microsoft YUV
>> General Information
Name : MS-YUV
Type : VIDC
Handler : UYVY
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Microsoft YUV
>> General Information
Name : MS-YUV
Type : VIDC
Handler : UYVY
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Toshiba YUV Codec
>> General Information

> Video Compression : Microsoft YUV
>> General Information
Name : MS-YUV
Type : VIDC
Handler : UYVY
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Microsoft H.263 Video Codec
>> General Information
Name : MS H.263
Type : VIDC
Handler : M263
ICM version : 1.4

> Video Compression : Microsoft H.261 Video Codec
>> General Information
Name : MS H.261
Type : VIDC
Handler : M261
ICM version : 1.4

> Speech Recognition : Yes
>> General Information
Voices : Microsoft Sam
Volume : 100
Voice Speed : Normal

> Windows Media Player : 10.00.00.3646