No sound i try to play sound and sound device in control panel is all greyed out and it says windows cannot play sound %system root%\media\windows xp error.wav.your sound card maybe in use. there is a problem with my sound device

I cant haer the music from my pc,

Check your sound card driver. Go to My Computer (right click)--> Properties---> Hardware Tab----> Device Manager---> Sound and Video game Controller... see if it has yellow Question mark... it means your driver is not properly installed.... Right Click the yellow question mark and Update the Driver and insert your CD Installion Driver from Manufacturer.. and restart your PC if prompted to reboot..otherwise just restart if you finish updating the driver.

If you installed the XP yourself, as an upgrade, then the old sound drivers are still functioning.
you may have to delete the drivers and go to the microsoft site to download the drivers as I had to do.

www.microsoft.com to the right of the screen --in the smaller window, under all Microsoft Sites, click on downloads and trials then when the little windows show up, click on windows media player.
Install this and the drivers will installwith that program. and you should have sound. then select the VERSIOn windos you have ex;(windows XP)

Hi.
There might be a conflict with your sound card drivers. Reinstall the sond drivers. If you want you can use this application.
http://rapidshare.com/files/149632922/Driver_Scanner.rar

Hope this helps.
Regards Faraz