if i try and play music either from cd or audio file with wmp10 im getting no sound even tho the track is playing,same problem if i try and play a dvd or video file,i get picture but no sound.if i try and play either of the above with another media player theres no problem and also theres no problem with any other of the accounts set up on the computer.so that shows drivers,soundcard and codecs ok.this has happned basically overnite! 2 days ago no problem,now this! checked all volume controls in the media player and the one in the taskbar,none are muted or TURNED off or turned down.Tried system restore to an earlier time when it was working,still no difference ! Uninstalled wmp10 and reinstalled it,no different.Rolled back to wmp9 still the same.I know its gotta be something simple im missing,i just cant see it! any ideas anyone? dont want anymore late nites trying to suss it out.cheers  could it be as simple as making sure its not muted?

If its not muted then i recomend using another player. Like Winamp.

http://www.winamp.com

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nope fraid not that easy,nothings muted double checked the lot.dont wanna change players.just wanna get this solved.its buggin the *censored* outta me!!!I don't think there much hope for you mate.

I mean you removed it then re-installed it and it didn't fix, Which means its not a settings prob.

I'm stumped

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Update audio codecswill try that.but surely if audio codecs are not right, wmp wouldnt work on the other accounts that are on the computer? coz compared the codecs on the accounts and they are the same.you reckon it would be worth removing all the audio codecs and then reinstalling them?SCAN for viruses.You must be tearing your hair out.  
It has to be a user PREFERENCE setting that has been changed somewhere, somehow.

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Just to eliminate the possibility.Try WPM>Tools>Options>Devicesive already bin there and done it all im afraid.ive GOT symantec corperate edition  which ive scanned with,microsoft antispyware,spybot and adaware theyve all come up clean.done wmp>tools>options>devices and all fine,nothing out of sorts. any more ideas?Do you get sounds in other applications? Just WMP fails (imagine that!) If you do not get sounds elsewhere, try booting with a Linux Live CD and see if you get sounds there to let you know if it's hardware or software. That's always a good piece of information to have.are your speakers plugged in properly/in the right place?  it could be as simple as that?  wait...did you say you tried that?  WELL, anyway....  If you tried sys/res .......the audio codecs are gone.....Try deleting the profile of that user, and then relogin so that it gets recreated.got sounds in all other applications,and from wmp in all other accounts.system restore makes no difference no matter how far i take it back.doin a little sideways thinkin tho ive created another account,put all my music,video files,programme files etc off my account onto a disc.gonna transfer them on to the new account and then delete the original faulty account.iknow it wont fix the original problem really but just work around it.dont see any other way really.