been using the Vista codec pack

lappy running on Vista 32 Bit...

lately ive been experiencing problems with playback i.e. i cant play any media files after i closed WMP...and i cant run those files on any media player after that - theres just no audio

I have to restart the process Windows-Audio first - then everything is back to normal. But it was OK before this ( i couldnt recall having to restart any process ), only lately..

how come?

any help would be much appreciated!