how to reinstall audio codecs in xp?

[David Kelling]

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/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.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.

 

[Phil Taylor]

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

 

[David Kelling]

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...

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

....

 

[Phil Taylor]

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.