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Volume Problem in User Acct Only

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who

Flightless Bird
Win XP Pro + SP3 + updates
WMP 11.0.5721.5268
1 admin acct, several limited user accts

I have a purchased audio CD that produces no volume in a user acct but plays
correctly (with volume) in the admin acct.

In the user acct I have checked all the volume controls, have run MS's
troubleshooter utility, etc. No control that I can find is muted.

In this user acct I can hear system alerts. Furthermore, with IE8 I can go
to websites and play and hear videos.

What can be blocking volume from a purchased audio CD that plays correctly
in the admin acct?
 
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who

Flightless Bird
Isn't there anyone that knows the details about volume control in XP?


"who" <who@where.com> wrote in message
news:wOqdnQvEcLth1-jRnZ2dnUVZ5oidnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Win XP Pro + SP3 + updates
> WMP 11.0.5721.5268
> 1 admin acct, several limited user accts
>
> I have a purchased audio CD that produces no volume in a user acct but
> plays correctly (with volume) in the admin acct.
>
> In the user acct I have checked all the volume controls, have run MS's
> troubleshooter utility, etc. No control that I can find is muted.
>
> In this user acct I can hear system alerts. Furthermore, with IE8 I can
> go to websites and play and hear videos.
>
> What can be blocking volume from a purchased audio CD that plays correctly
> in the admin acct?
 
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Donald Anadell

Flightless Bird
"who" <who@where.com> wrote in message
news:KZidnStxT4yRberRnZ2dnUVZ5u-dnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Isn't there anyone that knows the details about volume control in XP?


A shot in the dark!

Cannot play protected files:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/9series/playererrors.aspx

"To play protected files on your computer, you "cannot" use a Windows user
account that is a member of both the Administrators group and the Guests
group."

"To resolve the problem, remove your user account from the Guests group."

Good luck,

Donald Anadell


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> "who" <who@where.com> wrote in message
> news:wOqdnQvEcLth1-jRnZ2dnUVZ5oidnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> Win XP Pro + SP3 + updates
>> WMP 11.0.5721.5268
>> 1 admin acct, several limited user accts
>>
>> I have a purchased audio CD that produces no volume in a user acct but
>> plays correctly (with volume) in the admin acct.
>>
>> In the user acct I have checked all the volume controls, have run MS's
>> troubleshooter utility, etc. No control that I can find is muted.
>>
>> In this user acct I can hear system alerts. Furthermore, with IE8 I can
>> go to websites and play and hear videos.
>>
>> What can be blocking volume from a purchased audio CD that plays
>> correctly in the admin acct?

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>
 
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