Article ID: 102043
Article Last Modified on 12/2/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01
This article was previously published under Q102043
SYMPTOMS
The following error message occurs if you try to play a MIDI file from Media Player if the timer is not installed in the Drivers option in Control Panel or if the timer driver file (TIMER.DRV) is damaged:
MORE INFORMATION
To reinstall the TIMER.DRV driver, decompress it from disk 3 of the Windows 3.1 disks (TIMER.DR_) using the EXPAND.EXE utility in Windows. Expand the TIMER.DR_ file into the WINDOWS/SYSTEM subdirectory as TIMER.DRV and place the following line in the SYSTEM.INI file under the [drivers] section:
TIMER=timer.drv
For instructions on decompressing the TIMER.DR_ file, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
w_win and expand and utility and -r
Additional query words: multimedia multi media multi-media kbmm sound mmtitles
Keywords: KB102043