I am trying to get my server setup so whenever I login remotely I can play my MP3's at work. However whenever I click play is says "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly." This is a custom machine with a Sound Blaster sound card... Nothing else is using the sound device and I turned the service on.

Hi, I've got the same problem not only remote but also locally. Whenever I log on without admin rights sound does not work. Do I grand admin rights to an account sound will work local as well as on a terminal client session. Who knows why? Regards, Gerd

Greg & Orion, Win2k3 Server Enterprise edition comes with the sound disabled. You need to enable the service to get the sound working locally, have a look here http://www.visualwin.com/Sound-Ent/ As for the sound playing on the terminal client, select the option "bring to this computer" under "Local Resoruces" for M$ RDP client. Let me know if it works. all Virture destorys itself as soon as it ceases to be Longing and Humility. Harut! Marut!

I have verified Windows Audio is an enabled service, sound works locally (at the computer), and I've even added the user account to the administrators group (and rebooted several times). Still, I get the error message "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly." Any other ideas what I might look at? Sound works on the client machine, as well. On the server, the device manager does not indicate any problem with sound and sound does indeed work if logged in at the console.

It seems that there are two different problems existing. Of couse did I check audio services and so on. Sound is working fine when ever the user is a memeber of the administrator group (localy as well as remote across the terminal service). As soon as the user has no admin rights sound does not work at all and the error message mentiond above comes up. I also checked the directX sound properties (dxdiag). When sound does not work dxdiag comes up with the following error when running the "test direct sound": DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)??? Orion15 did you try that test? Thanks so far, Gerd

Yes sir I tried it - When I ran the DXDiag test I got this following error message. DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by another caller.) Also the user I am attempting to connect with and play the sound is an administrator.

I'm having the exact same problem with my win 2k3 setup. Has anyone found the solution yet?