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    Dell Media Direct troubles

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by wordman, Oct 17, 2008.

  1. wordman

    wordman Newbie

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    Hello all. I have an XPS laptop I purchased new about a year and a half ago. I never used Dell Media Direct and every time it came on it made me crazy. I am not a fan of these automatic things that try to help me.

    Out of frustration, yesterday I removed Media Direct. Now, when I use Windows Media Player, I get no sound. CDs play fine in WMP, internet sounds come through and when I play a DVD using Nero, I get sound just fine.

    So, the question is, how can I restore sound to Windows Media Player for DVD playback?

    Thanks to you all in advance for any light you can shed on this topic.

    Cheers,

    Wordman
     
    wordman, Oct 17, 2008
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  2. FatMangosLAWL

    FatMangosLAWL Notebook Evangelist

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    Try doing a system restore to yesterday and then uninstalling media direct again?
     
    FatMangosLAWL, Oct 17, 2008
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  3. vinumsv

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    Wordman , try installing any Codec Packs , they will make WMP to play DVD again .
     
    vinumsv, Oct 17, 2008
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