# UnicodeDecodeError utf8 codec

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unicodedecodeerror-utf8-codec/4308>\
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**Created:** [April 9, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unicodedecodeerror-utf8-codec/4308 "2018-04-09T01:07:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/michael/32/16_2.png) [@Michael](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Michael)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unicodedecodeerror-utf8-codec/4308/2 "2018-04-09T04:19:51Z")

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> [@Unicode DeCode Error 'utf8' codec and audio driver](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unicode-decode-error-utf8-codec-and-audio-driver/3417):
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> OS: Windows 7 PsychoPy version (e.g. 1.84.x): 1.83.04 Standard Standalone? (y/n) y: What are you trying to achieve?: An experiment with text and audio stimuli What specifically went wrong when you tried that?: The experiment works fine on a laptop with windows 7 and also worked on the desktop computer before. But after this computer was reconfigured completely new, the experiment does not work any more. The error message is like the following picture: I…

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