i just reinstalled windows98 and had sound with windows media player (version 6.4).

although i can hear sound coming from my speakers (sounds from videos on websites and sometimes from my computer itself) i cant get any audio with the player (Cannot play back the audio stream: no audio hardware is available. Error=00040258). it was working before.

i went to microsoft support but their solutions didnt help any.

why do i get sound from my speakers but not from the player?

will upgrading do anything to fix the problem?

i dont have MULTIMEDIA and SOUNDS in my control panel or the windows 98 cd-rom so what do i do?