Hi Gazz,

I would take a step back using System Restore to the time when
you first reinstalled Windows Media Player 10, and then lower or
disable the hardware acceleration using Start/Run: dxdiag

If that works, I suggest visiting www.creative.com/downloads

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"Gazz" <Gazz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B0A01E15-1E4C-4D0A-AA3B-0E475CA93706@microsoft.com...
| OS: Win XP
| motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI
| Graphics card: Vertex Geforce 6800
| audio card: Audigy2
|
| If I stop the windows audio service, Fable loads and runs fine except there
| is no longer any sound. I downloaded and reinstalled Windows Media Player 10
| and it cleaned up the executables under the windows audio service, after
| which Fable loaded fine and the sound worked as well. I ending up having to
| reload a bunch of original drivers and went back to before I reloaded windows
| media player 10. And now have the same problem again. When I downloaded the
| file for windows media player 10 again from the microsoft download site, the
| file is corrupted with a bad cab file. Is there anyway I can just download
| and update the binaries under the windows audio service?
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| Gazz