Required Audio Hardware Cannot Be Found

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When I try to open Windows Movie Maker I get an error message "... Move Maker
cannot be used because the required audio hardware cannot be found ...". I
am also having a problem (perhaps related) trying to open .avi files using
Real Player as I get an error message to the effect "... There is no software
update available from Real to support this content. video/x-pn-peg-plugin.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Cari - I'm not sure! I assume my soundcard came pre-installed when I
purchased my HP notebook last summer. Up until a couple of weeks ago I was
able to Movie Maker without any problem so I'm not sure why it isn't working
now.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Is your soundcard correctly installed?
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> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
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> "The Buckster" <TheBuckster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0CECEB1D-407C-4F93-B9CD-805FD0F23ACC@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to open Windows Movie Maker I get an error message "... Move
> > Maker
> > cannot be used because the required audio hardware cannot be found ...".
> > I
> > am also having a problem (perhaps related) trying to open .avi files using
> > Real Player as I get an error message to the effect "... There is no
> > software
> > update available from Real to support this content.
> > video/x-pn-peg-plugin.
> >
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>

This has happened to me as well! It worked earlier today, but now it doesn't work. I did what you said, and it says they are all working properly.