If your Windows audio driver has stopped working all the sudden and you know for sure it is installed then there is a quick fix to this. This may not always work due to corrupt driver and you may need to reinstall the driver. Also if you have received the following error messages, this fix might work:
1. - "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly."
2. - "iTunes has detected a problem with your audio configuration. Audio/Video playback may not operate properly."
Or any other error in a program warning you that your audio may not work properly.
How to fix problem:
Click Start > Run > Type "services.msc" and press "OK"
Then scroll down to "Windows Audio".
Right Click on "Windows Audio" then click "Start" or "Restart".
If this does not fix your audio problem then you probably have a corrupt audio driver and you may need to reinstall it.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Windows Audio Driver Failure
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Myspace Music Player White Blank Not Loaded (Fixed!)
In a previous post written by James (http://fastest963windows.blogspot.com/2008/06/myspace-music-player-white-blank-not.html), he wrote about how the Myspace.com music player showed up blank and I have found the fix.
OpenDNS puts lads.myspace.com in the "Adware" block site category and thus blocks that domain from any requests. If you are your network administrator, unblock the "Adware" category and then wait a minute or so (and maybe restart your browser) and then it will show up again. (Or instead of disabling the blocking of "Adware" you could just whitelist Myspace.com like Jimmy said)
Weird how the OpenDNS community tagged that domain as "Adware". Its a music player for goodness sake lol.
Travis Cunningham
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Myspace Music Player White Blank Not Loaded
If you have opendns and myspace music player's are not working, it is because opendns blocks lads.myspace.com!
I have flagged the site for review and I will post back if any problems still arise.
If you want to fix this problem and you have a opendns account pointing to your home ip, then you can login and goto settings. Then under filtering, choose whitelist and enter "myspace.com" (no quotes).
I will post back with any replies or fixes I can find.
Sorry he couldn't provide an all around fix,
James Hartig
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Firefox Download Day Started Off Rough
This is similar to my other posts at http://jameshartig.blogspot.com.
Firefox download day started off rough, with servers failing and website failures. They are serving out 13gb/s of data at roughly 14,000 downloads a minute.
You can track all of the downloads at http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com/
Updated Progress of the download failure and startup and be read and monitored on My Personal Blog Post
The following are notices about Firefox 3:
Sliverlight 1 doesn't work with Firefox 3
However, Silverlight 2 does (http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/)
Download Firefox 3 from http://getfirefox.com
Automatic updates will not work for a while yet, so get your new version today!
Hope the Mozilla server trouble is over and we can get a world record here!!
Keeping You Updated,
James Hartig
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Installing Themes SP3 Problem
After installing SP3, was your XP theme reverted to the original XP theme? Or in other words, are you not able to install a theme on XP SP3?
Windows has disabled unsigned themes for Windows XP SP3 and does not allow you to install them for security reasons.
Heres how you fix it:
Download and Install WindowsXP SP3 UxTheme Patcher here: http://pcsofts.cn/application/windowsxp-sp3-uxtheme-patcher-v12.html
This patch modifies a system file to allow you to install your unsigned themes.
Firefox Download Day June 17, 2008
Firefox Download Day is June 17, 2008
Mark Your Calendars! The link to the site is above (the banner).
On this date you will be able to download Firefox 3, the newest and best browser on the planet. I will be looking forward to testing Firefox 4 soon!
June 17, 2008 is also the day I can get my temp. drivers license.
In unrelated news...
Firefox 3 RC3 was just released.
Download Here
Just keeping you updated.
James Hartig
