Continued Sound Problems

I have been trying to fix the problem of no sound with Flash
for some time now. I've gone through all the 3 steps listed on the
Adobe support site and none of them work. I've tried installing new
Codecs as well. Im new with computers, but i do follow directions
well. Someone please help!!!!! I have no sound with anything
associated with Flash, but Windows Media and Quicktime work just
fine......

Uhsul,
What you may want to try doing is to uninstall and reinstall the Multimedia section of the operating system. Under Windows XP this is normally hidden so you will need to edit the sysoc file to do this. Instructions on this are found here (in the section called "How to install/uninstall components that are not shown in the Windows Components):
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/article.asp?l=2&sid=5339
Go into add/remove programs into the Add/Remove Windows Components tab. Multimedia is found under the accessories and Utilities tab. Take the checkmark out and click ok. It will uninstall the Multimedia portion of the OS. Reboot the system. When it comes back up go back to the same place and put a checkmark back into Multimedia. This should reinstall and hopefully give you your Windows' Sounds back.
Jeremy

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