What drivers do I need?

bandmaster

Win 98SE - OEM
AMD Athlon 1900 CPU 266FSB
512 DDR
Creative Live SB 5.1 Sound Card


I have just downloaded Winamp 5.02. I can't open Winamp at all. When I double click on the desktop icon nothing happens.

I downloaded Winamp because WMP9 stopped working and just gave me an error message when I tried to play an mp3. It might be related to the problems that I have had recently with the Mostrar Dialer, as Windows Media Player 9 behaved OK before that.

The Error message in WMP9 was:
'Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly.'

More information
'0xC00D11BA: Cannot play the file
Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device, such as a sound card or sound controller. You may encounter this error message for one of the following reasons:
*Your sound device is in use by another program. Quit other programs that may be using your sound device, and then try to play the file again.
*Your sound device is not functioning properly. To troubleshoot the problem, see the Sound Troubleshooter in Windows Help or refer to your sound device's documentation.
*You do not have a sound device installed on your computer. Install a sound device, and then try to play the file again.'

I don't know if it's relevant, but I'm also running Creative SB Live! version 007 (with 1024 Synth Voices)(driver for SB Live = C:\WINDOWS\INF\VSB010X.INF).

I re-installed both Creative SB 5.1 and WMP9, but still couldn't play mp3 files anywhere. Having looked at some other forums warning against WMP9, I decided to "roll back" to Windows Media Player 6.4, but the problem didn't go away.

Music CD's - They are working fine in CD player (the little one that comes with windows 98) and Sound Blaster Creative Playstation 2. Music CD's won't play in Media Player 6 or Winamp. No idea what is playing wav files. The only programme that I can get to play midi files is Windows Media Player 6.4. I can't get any of this kit to play mp3s.

When I try to open an mp3 in WMP6.4, I get an 80040256 error msg.

In addition, I'm now getting an eror msg saying msgsrv32 is not responding.

I would be delighted if I could get WinAmp to play mp3s and music CDs.

I don't know if it's a windows problem, SB, or what. Someone suggested getting new driveers etc from KX - would that help?

Please can you reply in simple terms without any techy jargon - I'm a novice.
Thanks

Doomsayer

Try to make a clean driver reinstall - remove the old ones, and install them fresh after a reboot. But since on that kind of system it only takes 15 minutes to reinstall Win98SE... well, you get my point