Article ID: 102043 - Last Review: December 2, 2002 - Revision: 1.1

Multimedia Err Msg: Multimedia Timers Are Being Used...

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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:
All multimedia timers are being used by other applications. Quit one of these applications and then try again.

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
				

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01
Keywords: 
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