Greetings, In reference to my initial post, I can not understand how merely installing the Sox utility caused the hitherto discussed problem. However, I am wondering if there is some sort of reverse process that would allow me to return my system back to its original status prior to the problematic operation. That is of course, there aren't any other ways to set things right. In hopes of fixing the problem from another angle, I ran the "aptitude install mplayer -r" command. However, although it seemed to go through just fine, I still am not able to play media files in windows. Moreover, I have no idea how to do so in command line mode, especially when the files are in zip format. Whilst in windows, the file is compressed and played almost automatically. Bright Blessings, RiverWind Feel free to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me and what I stand for. My Website @ http://riverwind.shellworld.net My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list