Not a clue as to your problem here, Re-Na, sorry, but remember with Windows 98 we could set our sound to play a single instrument or we could include whichever instruments we wanted for a fuller sound? So, where is that in XPhome?! With your recent posting, I went snooping around in my control panel and felt abandoned without such manual settings. So, like you, if the sound quit I wouldn't have a clue where to start. Strange that some music plays and others doesn't. I get midi files from Carlos in Portugal and haven't had a problem with them. Deb Pf ----- Original Message ----- From: "G.R. Hanson" <grhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "PCHelpers" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:47 AM Subject: [pchelpers] mid files, no sound My windows media player seems to work fine. I get music from it. I can play video clips. I get sound. One brother sends me from week to week an email that includes a midi song or two. I can click on it to get it to play, and get no sound. I tried playing them with other programs I have, no sound. I sent it to someone I know, she said it worked fine. I emailed the brother about it, he said I am the only one that has said no sound. ???? Any suggestions? Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA I can send one of the files to someone if they want to examine it closer. -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.