Music too fast with W2000

[Guest]

My Dell 4300 at work was recently upgraded from ME to 2000 Professional.
Now, CD's played with either Windows Media Player 9 or iTunes go 17% too
fast. In other words, in 60 seconds I hear what should take 70 seconds.
This not only speeds up the music but also raises the pitch. This occurs
whether I am playing directly from the CD or after importing to the computer.
What's going on here and how do I fix it?

 

[Dave Patrick]

There is no supported upgrade path from WinME to Windows 2000

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| My Dell 4300 at work was recently upgraded from ME to 2000 Professional.
| Now, CD's played with either Windows Media Player 9 or iTunes go 17% too
| fast. In other words, in 60 seconds I hear what should take 70 seconds.
| This not only speeds up the music but also raises the pitch. This occurs
| whether I am playing directly from the CD or after importing to the
computer.
| What's going on here and how do I fix it?

 

[Rich Pasco]

What I did to upgrade from WinME to Win2K (several years ago) was to
wipe my hard disk and do a clean install of Win2K (formatting as NTFS),
then reinstall all my applications and user data. It was a lot of work
but well worthwhile. By the way my music plays at the right speed.

- Rich

 

[Bob I]

Usual cause is that the incorrect soundcard driver was installed, either
by "auto" mis-recognizing the card or "win-update" being allowed to
install the incorrect driver. Determine/identify the card and install
the correct driver from the manufacture of the card or motherboard if an
integrated sound chip.

 

[John Wunderlich]

My Dell 4300 at work was recently upgraded from ME to 2000
Professional. Now, CD's played with either Windows Media Player 9
or iTunes go 17% too fast. In other words, in 60 seconds I hear
what should take 70 seconds. This not only speeds up the music
but also raises the pitch. This occurs whether I am playing
directly from the CD or after importing to the computer.
What's going on here and how do I fix it?

Try updating your audio drivers.

HTH,
John

 

[Guest]

Thank you Bob I. It was the sound card driver.

 

[Bob I]

Glad to hear it, enjoy the music!