Windows mediaplayer10 online sound problem.?

Question

XP pro, sp2 DirecctX 9, Ie7
AMD 1000 Mhz 768 ram.
CMI8738 sound card.
256 ATI video card.

My issue is with online videos not playing sound files.. Cnn.com when I click videos I can see the videos but not hear sound... Its not muted, and the volume is turned up.

My windows media Player plays my music files just fine, Utube plays videos with sound, so do other sites that don't use windows media player.

I have tried to reinstall windows media player, I have updated all drivers in my device manager. Nothing is muted in the volume control, and everything is turned up in the volume controls, and in the volume settings in the control panel. And The sound options in the control panel are set to my C-Media Wave device.

I have deleted my temp internet files then reloaded the video link(s)..

The problem arose when I reformatted windows due to a system crash where the mouse and keyboard would not respond..

DirectX Says I have the latest version,

Flash player has been reinstalled,

Java has been reinstalled.

I also installed quicktime, and real player.. Still no sound while watching online videos with media player... (the problem is only with media player.)

Did I miss anything?

Any more ideas?

Answer 1

in your sound and audio device properties make sure that you have a check in the boxes that say "use preferred device." this could be it. looks as though you have covered everything though..