i DESPERATELY need help. my dad was messing with the pc yesterday. and this morning, when i was trying to work on a video montage, this error message came up, "windows cannot play ***.wav. your soundcard may be in use." and now i cant play audio FILES
is there anyone out there who can help me? please

cafiusstart > run > dxdiag
Run sound tests. Results?

What exactly did your dad do?

Try reinstalling your sound drivers.Click on Start -> all programs -> accessories -> system tools -> system restore. All you have to do is revert your hard disk (using system restore) back to a few DAYS before your dad "messed" with the computer. Tell how how it works...

[glb]Flame[/glb]ey guys! thanks for your REPLY. i did what u said. here are the results from the dxdiag...





and i also tried the system restore.. but there were no files found....

i'm still lost :-/ i get the same message.. "cannot play chord.wav. sound card may be in use." :-/ What did your dad do? If he's the type who thinks he knows everything about computers but doesn't have a clue, best keep him away. No offence to any dads, not all dads are like that, but I've seen things like this happen before.

Try reinstalling your sound card drivers first. You might want to remove the existing ones first so you have a clean start.

Try reinstalling DirectX.

Press control alt delete and look at the currently running programs. Could any of these be using your sound?