Windoz 2000 Technical Details

Test machine details:

• Windows 2000 SP 4
• ABIT AN8 ULTRA NF4
• EVGA|7800GT CO 256-P2-N517-AX
• Athlon 4400+ X2
• As of 1/9/2006 all latest NVidia drivers installed for both motherboard and graphics card

Step-by-step procedure:

• Double click Control Panel->Sounds and Multimedia
• Select the Hardware tab
• Select Audio Codecs from the list in the display box (you may have to scroll to find it)
• Click the Properties button
• Select the Properties tab
• From the list of Audio Compression Codecs, select Windows Media Audio
• Click the Properties button
• Make sure the radio select box "Use this audio codec" is selected
• On "Change priority from x to ..." drop down, choose "1" (first priority)
• Select OK buttons all the way to closing Sounds and Multimedia

If you can't locate the Windows Media Audio in the list of compression codecs, you need to first start with the official resource.