Windows Media Player

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dmegametal#1
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Re: Windows Media Player

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if you have db powerAmp installed and when you place the cd into your pc..a dbpower Amp window should show up asking you what would you like to do..
Rip cd to HD
play cd with window media player
copy whole cd
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Re: Windows Media Player

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M4ST3R M1K3 wrote:You could try to change the I/O mode (PIO, dma) of the IDE channel where your drive is connected. Sometimes windows doesn't correctly detect the specs of a drive. These settings are in the device manager and in the BIOS
It has to be in DMA mode in 99% of the case, if it's in PIO mode for some reason, that could be the thing that's causing this problems.

@ Doin
Do you per chance have codec-packs for WMP installed going by the names 'Angel', ' Potion', 'Tsunami', or 'Nimo' ....If so, get rid of 'em....they tend to 'cause problems in WMP.
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Re: Windows Media Player

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I know this is an old topic but I finally have the solution to my problem and I hope it might help anyone else who may encounter the same frustration as me. Otherwise you can always use this advice to avoid a potential problem.

The problem all began when I took my PC in to get fixed after it kept crashing.
The guy in the shop said my anti-virus software was out of date and I needed a new one so I bought Trend Micro PC-cillin and he installed it for me.
I took the PC home and installed all my programs, including Roxio Easy Media Creator 8.
That is where the problems began.
I finally got round to taking the PC back to the shop. They had never encountered the problem before but thought it was a virus. They backed up my C-Drive, deleted all applications and reinstalled Windows. CD played fine. The problem was gone - until I installed Roxio again. The same problem occured.
It turns out that there is a conflict between Roxio ECM8 and Trend Micro PC-cillin.
Can't explain it in technical terms but here is the patch to fix it...
http://tools.roxio.com/support/c8/rx/rxfix.exe

Could have saved myself $110 and several days without my PC and several months without being able to play CDs...

Hope this helps someone.