i uninstalled all but one of the audio codecs in windows xp (is why
really important?) as there was one it would not let me uninstall.

i cannot figure out how to reinstall them.

one posting said: control panel, add hardware, select "yes i've
already connected the hardware", and select audio codecs. however,
when i do this, it says "device is working fine" and only gives option
to start troubleshooter which is unfruitful.

i have downloaded and installed the available codec packs from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...cdownload.aspx
but only one new codec shows up in the codecs window (sound and audio,
hardware, audio codecs, properties, properties) while there were about
8 or so to begin with.

(the reason i want to reinstall is to get a video to play in
wmplayer2.exe v6.4 with the voxware codec. it will play in
wmplayer2.exe v10 but i need it to play in 6.4. i get "operation
failed due to certification failure error=80040295" for which i can
only find, in essence: "you're screwed". i'm hoping that reinstalling
the old codecs will fix the problem as it did work before.)

thanks for any help.

this should go to an XP group as this is a 2k group.

"David Kelling" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>i uninstalled all but one of the audio codecs in windows xp (is why
> really important?) as there was one it would not let me uninstall.
>
> i cannot figure out how to reinstall them.
>
> one posting said: control panel, add hardware, select "yes i've
> already connected the hardware", and select audio codecs. however,
> when i do this, it says "device is working fine" and only gives option
> to start troubleshooter which is unfruitful.
>
> i have downloaded and installed the available codec packs from
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...cdownload.aspx
> but only one new codec shows up in the codecs window (sound and audio,
> hardware, audio codecs, properties, properties) while there were about
> 8 or so to begin with.
>
> (the reason i want to reinstall is to get a video to play in
> wmplayer2.exe v6.4 with the voxware codec. it will play in
> wmplayer2.exe v10 but i need it to play in 6.4. i get "operation
> failed due to certification failure error=80040295" for which i can
> only find, in essence: "you're screwed". i'm hoping that reinstalling
> the old codecs will fix the problem as it did work before.)
>
> thanks for any help.

sorry, there is no microsoft.public.windowsxp.multimedia group, and
since i saw a similar post here, i thought i'd give it a whirl...

"Phil Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<#(E-Mail Removed)>...
> this should go to an XP group as this is a 2k group.
>
> "David Kelling" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >i uninstalled all but one of the audio codecs in windows xp (is why
> > really important?) as there was one it would not let me uninstall.
> >
> > i cannot figure out how to reinstall them.
....

yeah, thats a problem.

try games, hw, or video under the xp hierarchy and hopefully someone there
can help as about all I can say is use your XP cds or the CDs that came with
your audio hw or any multimedia tools you installed.

"David Kelling" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> sorry, there is no microsoft.public.windowsxp.multimedia group, and
> since i saw a similar post here, i thought i'd give it a whirl...
>
> "Phil Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<#(E-Mail Removed)>...
>> this should go to an XP group as this is a 2k group.
>>
>> "David Kelling" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >i uninstalled all but one of the audio codecs in windows xp (is why
>> > really important?) as there was one it would not let me uninstall.
>> >
>> > i cannot figure out how to reinstall them.
> ...