LV Travel,

The answer would probably be No. No doubt all media programs such as WMP,
Real Player, Quicktime will have been updated but doubt whether they would
have been seriously upgraded versions to work with windows 7

"LVTravel" wrote in message
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"barrowhill" wrote in message
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Trust this is correct forum.

My son has an issue with sound output on his PC. He had a 5.1 surround
sound system connected to his XP based desktop which worked perfectly
when playing CD/DVD based music or music via a media player eg. WMP etc.

Disconnected system for some time having moved back home prior to moving
to new build home. Whilst at home he upgraded to Windows 7.

Having now moved, he's reconnected 5.1 sound system but only gets sound
coming out of Left and Right Rear speakers when playing music via CD/DVD
or WMP etc.. He's confirmed that he has connected everything correctly -
I'd vouch for that as I'd labeled up all connectors prior to packing
away. He's checked via windows 7 control panel sound icon and testing
from here he gets so sound coming out of all speakers. Only difference
in configuration seems to be O/S used. - now windows 7 nee XP

Any help appreciated.

If the audio driver for his sound card works to deliver true 5.1 sound to
all speakers it must be in the program he is using to play the music. As
he has changed operating systems is he now using an upgraded program to
play the music and has he configured the program to use surround sound? I
would suspect the later as it may not be set correctly.