Background sound and web pages

[Coldicote]

Previously I've made web pages with background music but now my usual method doesn't work any more. My PC was recently 'cleaned up' and programs re-installed as it had become very slow. I have XP and Windows Media Player and create web pages using MS Publisher. There's no problem making the web pages but sound no longer works with them. MIDI items in my file have different icons from previously and I wonder if this has something to do with it. Icons used to be a multi-coloured circle (like Media Player) but now they have what looks like a piece of mini film strip with a music note alongside. Any ideas about this would be much appreciated.

[wendilla]

Not to technical about this but someone else mght put you right but I had reinstallation done and I had to redown load my sound by downloading the audi drivers .Mine were Realtekac'97.but yours may be different. Hope this helps

[Coldicote]

Thanks wendilla, I'll follow up the lines you suggest. These things seem forever getting more complicated. Just as you think you've got the hang of it something changes! I'm grateful for your interest.

[wendilla]

lol think I was born a bit to late for getting the computer brains.My 5 year old grandson tells me where to go on here lol.

[wendilla]

See what I mean that should have read born a bit too early lol

[Coldicote]

Thought that's what you might have meant!! In that case I was born a lot too early (;~(

[ACtheTROLL]

wend
an audi driver ...??
sterling moss on his day off?

cold
think of it as a bonus ... the only thing worse than accessing a website and finding it plays a tune .... is finding that here isn't an off button ... and that the tune goes on ... and on... and on ... and on ...and on... and on ... and on...and on... and on ... and on ...
and if you are on a quota connection it just eats into your download limit.

most browsers will do their best to stop automacically being fed "extra" content and popups ... as well as killing "java beans"

[Coldicote]

Perhaps I should explain that my web pages had a specific purpose, to provide words and music for elderly and disabled people to enjoy a singalong.

[ACtheTROLL]

ok .... that's a good cause - if people expect music ... they should get it.

when you say it doesn't work ... have you tried a different browser? a recent update probably means that microsoft agrees with me and have disabled the option in one of their latest updates .

this is a portable version of firefox
http://portableapps.com/news/2008-05-19_-_fire fox_portable_3_rc_1

so it shouldn't add stuff to your system uninvited

[Coldicote]

Thank you AC. I've just taken a brief glimpse and it looks interesting. Really must get some sleep now and dig a bit deeper in the morning.