Vista - Vista Codec Pack - 32bit & 64bit Media Player Codecs

Amazing...thank you
That helped me very much and fixed the problem noone else knew to fix.
Super thanks again

Just FYI I found that I had to disable McAfee VirusScan to install these as it decided there were a whole bunch of malware in the renderer.

The good news is that, once installed OK, my Media Player stopped closing unexpectedly, in that so familar and annoying Windows fashion, when playing certain DVD's.

I had tried making exceptions for Windows Media Player in DEP etc. to no avail. These codecs were the answer.

After downloading the Vista codecPack McAfee detected a virus and automatically removed:
Detection Name: W32/Autorun.worm.zf.gen (virus)
Registry: C:\ProgramFiles\VistaCodecPack\Tools\renderer32.exe
Process: C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
Process Description: Windows Installer

Obviously a false detection.. Follow this thread at the McAfee Forums for what to do in these cases: McAfee Communities: "Artemis" & Other Possibly False...

I overrode Mcafee, I hope that was okay......

I'm still having issues that my audio output device is not installed.

In the Media Player Classic error could not render some of the pins in the graph, you may not have the needed codecs or filters installed on the system (isn't that what we just installed??).

Media Type 0:
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Audio: PCM 44100Hz stereo 1411Kbps
AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Audio {73647561-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: MEDIASUBTYPE_PCM {00000001-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_WaveFormatEx {05589F81-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 4
cbFormat: 18
WAVEFORMATEX:
wFormatTag: 0x0001
nChannels: 2
nSamplesPerSec: 44100
nAvgBytesPerSec: 176400
nBlockAlign: 4
wBitsPerSample: 16
cbSize: 0 (extra bytes)
pbFormat:
0000: 01 00 02 00 44 ac 00 00 10 b1 02 00 04 00 10 00 ....D¬...±......
0010: 00 00 ..




In device mgr. it shows under sound,video and game controllers the IDT High Definition Audio CODEC with the exclamation point.

I have updated driver files (I had correct ones). I tried to update software. I uninstalled and rebooted and still no luck. I downloaded all suggested.

This device cannot start. (Code 10)
Click 'Check for solutions' to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available.

I checked for a solution and got: "could not load driver software"

I checked services msc windows audio is automatic and started.

I also used registry editor on
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/Audiosrv

and in the DependOnService remove all entries except RpcSs and then restart your computer. I
For this I deleted MMCSS, should I put it back?

Dell Dimension E521 Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio I'm supposed to have Dell A525 30 watt 2.1 stereo speakers with subwoofer which I don't see listed in device mgr.
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit edition with all updates installed.
I'm not technical but this is the longest I've ever taken to find a solution.

Thanks for any advice.

I got my own answer. It seems the speakers weren't listed and while they say they are Dell's they are really Sigmatel and weren't listed. On the Dell support site there was an audio update that I downloaded for Sigmatel and now a new codec appears which gives me issues with Call of Duty but at least my sound works.