No Sound on PC

Former Member

Hey, when I try to listen to music through windows media player I get this message: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly."
Also when I try to lsiten to music through winamp I get a similar message: Unsupported PMC format.

What can I do to fix this problem, or what do I need to download?

Former Member

You sure speakers are plugged in and installed properly?

Former Member

Well i think you have windows Xp but this will work for most computers i think, Do the following:

Right click My Computer
Click on Properties
Wait for the Window to open then click on hardware
Click Device manger


Look for Audio and if there are any Yellow ! Then you've got a problem and if there is a audio sign there with the ! that means there is a problem if there is give me shout

Former Member

This happens with a fresh install of windows. Windows is quite good with drivers, and does most of them for you except sound for some reason. You need to find the disk containing the sound drivers, or google search / Register on a site like www.DriverGuide.com where you will most likely find them.