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"John Rampling" <John@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> I just fitted a new CDRW/DVDRW which came with Power DVD 5 which I
> installed and it worked fine. Suddenly I discovered that other
> applications would only produce sound throught my sound card when
> Power DVD was running.
> Winamp, Real Player, Windows Media Player, system sounds, DX
> Diagnostic, games etc produced NO sound unless Power DVD was on. If I
> hit the Power DVD mute button, the sound (in any other application)
> was muted. If I exited Power DVD, the sound was cut. (The PC speaker
> was unaffected!)
> I uninstalled Power DVD but still nothing produced any sound at all!
> I had to revert to the previous Restore Point to get things back the
> way they were. Is this a known problem with Power DVD? Or I am
> missing something else obvious? How can I reinstall Power DVD and be
> sure I won't lose every other application that needs the sound card?
>
> Windows XP Pro with SP2, onboard C-Media sound.
>
> John