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| Thread ID: 43173 | 2004-03-06 00:45:00 | disabled audio hardware and DRM | chewybaca21 (5357) | Press F1 |
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| 220364 | 2004-03-06 00:45:00 | Hi there, I am running win2k SP4 and although not a regular WMP user, inadvertantly used it to open a freshly downloaded mp3 file . First error msg was "unsupported format", followed by no sound although the track was playing and ultimately by the unloading/uninstalling of my Cmedia audio drivers upon reboot . Now I can't reinstall the audio drivers (BSOD) or detect my multimedia audio controller using add new hardware . Is this a symptom of Msoft's DRM in action? Consequently, am I looking at restoring a disk image or is there some way of forcing Windows to detect my Cmedia or allowing me to reinstall drivers? Many thanks in advance . |
chewybaca21 (5357) | ||
| 220365 | 2004-03-06 06:42:00 | Did you try playing the file in another player like Winamp before uninstalling the C-Media drivers? Sounds rather suspicious eh. Just out of interest what version of WMP? I have Win2000 SP4 at Tec with WMP9 and it still plays Mp3s fine. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 220366 | 2004-03-06 23:24:00 | Hi PoWa, The Mp3 track was originally played on WMP 6 . 4 and sourced from a website rather than through P2P . It wasn't tagged as a rights protected track . Couldn't test the file in another player as Win2k then uninstalled the cmedia drivers on its own volition upon reboot and now won't let me reinstall them . I don't know if it is significant but there appears to be a Windows WDM driver/device/codec(?), visible in Safe mode but not in a normal Administrator's login, which may be the barrier . I will attempt to uninstall the WDM in Safe mode . If that fails, I will be restoring a disk image and installing Norton GoBack to minimise downtime & frustration should this problem reoccur . many thanks . |
chewybaca21 (5357) | ||
| 220367 | 2004-03-07 01:46:00 | > I don't know if it is significant but there appears to be a Windows WDM driver/device/codec(?), visible in Safe mode but not in a normal Administrator's login, which may be the barrier . Try removing that and re-installing the C-Media drivers under safe-mode maybe . > If that fails, I will be restoring a disk image and installing Norton GoBack to minimise downtime & frustration should this problem reoccur . Sounds like a good plan! |
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