Problems with Phone Dialer and CD Player

[Rhombus65]

For some reason Microsoft Phone Dialer and CD Player are acting up.

Could this be a sign that the whole Windows 2K installation is going bad?

Is there any way to repair Phone Dialer and CD Player?

If I did a repair to W2K installation would this repair them?

"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing..." -Albert Einstein

 

[bcastner]

Define "acting up."

It is unlikely a repair reinstallation is required.

 

[Rhombus65]

CD Player stopped producing sound. If you put a CD in CD Player would automatically start but no sound will come out of the speakers. If I use Windows Media Player all is fine.

As for Phone Dialer. Some times it works and some times it does not. Also, It will not allow me to edit a number that is the second number for a particular contact. It will only allow me to edit the first number added For at least one contact it took the phone number, removed the dashes and added an entry for a fax number. I tried to delete the contact and renter it but it does the same thing.

"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing..." -Albert Einstein

 

[bcastner]

For the sound problem, WMP controls this relatively independent of other resources. A reasonable troubleshooter:

http://support.gateway.com/s/issues/134803120.shtml

For the phonebook:
1. Open the phone book database file with Microsoft Access. Double-click the delta table and sort the records on the DeltaNum column, in descending order.

2. Delete the first row, which is generally the corrupted entry.

3. Close the delta table and exit Access.

Test again.

 

[Rhombus65]

bcastner:

Thank you for your reply.

Do you think these problems are an indication of a bigger problem or do you think they are isolated.



"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing..." -Albert Einstein

 

[bcastner]

The Windows phonebook is problematic at the best of times. It certainly should be independent of any sound issue from insertion of an audio CD.

 

[Rhombus65]

bcastner:

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

I think I will buy a third party phone dialing software.

"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing..." -Albert Einstein