Then WMP doesn't know that you have a working sound card... are you getting
sound with other apps?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#dsound
may help.

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"James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OK, I went to Tools: Options: Devices: Speakers and guess what?
>
> It shows "speakers" but when I go to "properties" there is NOTHING listed
> in
> the "Audio device to use:" drop-down box.
>
> I think we're getting somewhere but now what?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Uninstalling and reinstalling is never the best plan - the software was
>> written to be installed on top of the existing install, so any uninstall
>> first is highly counterproductive. [I wrote the code, so anybody else
>> suggesting otherwise is indeed wrong.]
>>
>> What exact error code number did you get?
>> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#isolate
>>
>> From that little information, I'd suspect the wrong output selected under
>> WMP's Tools:Optionsevices:Speakers... ?
>>
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>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
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>>
>> "James W." <JamesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CCBF4151-4DB2-448B-91E1-1B04E6DB5E7F@microsoft.com...
>> >I have Window XP and Media Player 10.
>> >
>> > Media Player was working beautifully up until it suddenly stopped
>> > playing
>> > any kind of media content (local MP3 files, streamed audio, local MPG
>> > video,
>> > etc.)
>> >
>> > It starts by showing "Opening Media" when I attempt to play local media
>> > or
>> > "Connecting to Media" when I attempt to play streamed media and in a
>> > few
>> > seconds I get the following error:
>> >
>> > "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not
>> > support
>> > the
>> > file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the
>> > file."
>> >
>> > I have not deleted any codecs and have used several utilities to check
>> > and
>> > verify that the codecs exist (they do).
>> >
>> > I have unintalled and reinstalled Media Player twice (both times
>> > downloaded
>> > directly from Micrsoft).
>> >
>> > I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Your help would be
>> > greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance.
>> >
>> > James.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>